Mobile Stats - Wow
October 24, 2007 - 0 Comment(s)
I was just reviewing some of the CTIA mobile stats, and the continued growth in mobile is amazing. Have a look at some of these numbers (note that I added these to the mobecom.org website as well)…
1. Wireless Subscribers as of June 2007 = 243.4 million US subscribers
2. Wireless Penetration = More than 81% of total US households
3. Monthly SMS Messages = 28.8 billion SMS messages just in June of 2007
4. Wireless-Only Households = 12.8% of US households
5. Jobs = More than 257,000 direct carrier jobs
6. Annual Wireless Carrier Payroll = More than $13 billion in direct carrier wages
7. Annualized Total Wireless Revenue = $134.7 billion, as of June, 2007
8. Annualized Wireless Data Revenue = $19.2 billion as of June, 2007
9. Minutes of Use = Customers used 1.95 Trillion minutes in first 6 months of 2007
I remember people being amazed at the SMS numbers last year, showing that SMS growth increased from roughly 6 Billion messages per month to 12.8 Billion. To see that number more than double once again is just incredible…and it’s not stopping there. Any guesses at what the number will be next year…25 Billion…30 Billion…more?
