As the opening keynote speaker at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show, Steve Largent, CTIA President, reported from his recently released semi-annual report on the US mobile market, that there are now 243.4 million mobile subscribers in the US, which represents 81% of the population.
Texting continues to rise. Users sent 28.8 billion SMS in June, and are now sending more than 1 billion text messages per day.
Also, revenues from wireless data service for first half of 2007 rose to $10.5 billion, a 63 percent increase over the first half of 2006. Consumers are spending more on non-voice services, as wireless data revenues now amount to 15.5 percent of all wireless service revenues.
You can view selected stats from the report here.
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