1.   As futuristic as that scenario may sound, some wireless subscribers can already do that today.

2.   Burt said the company is talking with wireless companies about offering streaming audio and video to wireless subscribers.

3.   But as anyone with a cellular phone knows, wireless subscribers almost invariably pay for incoming as well as outgoing calls.

4.   In some Latin American countries, wireless subscribers now outnumber customers of traditional fixed-line telephone companies.

5.   Most wireless subscribers today pay for answering their phone, and their batteries generally last less than a day before requiring a recharge.

6.   One number has a standard area code, and when a call comes in on that number, the wireless subscriber is billed as usual for the incoming call.

7.   So far, for example, few wireless subscribers even know they have text-messaging, let alone how to use it.

8.   The SEC is reviewing the accuracy of wireless subscriber counts listed in fourth quarter reports, but that matter is nearing closure, Szeliga said.