United States: 276M Wireless Users, 740B Text messages Recorded for the First Half of 2009

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United States: 276M Wireless Users, 740B Text messages Recorded for the First Half of 2009

By CircleID Reporter
October 09, 2009, 12:15 am PDT Views: 7,384 Add Comment

According to CTIA’s semi-annual wireless industry report, text messaging continues to be enormously popular in the United States, with more than 740 billion text messages carried on carriers’ networks during the first half of 2009 - that is 4.1 billion messages per day. This number is nearly double from last year which was reported at 385 billion text messages.

Other findings include:

• Wireless subscribers sending more pictures and other multi-media messages with their mobile devices—more than 10.3 billion MMS messages were reported for the first half of 2009, up from 4.7 billion in mid-year 2008.

• As of June 2009, the industry survey recorded more than 276 million wireless users. This represents a year-over-year increase of nearly 14 million subscribers.

• Wireless customers using more than 1.1 trillion minutes in the first half of 2009—breaking down to 6.4 billion minutes-of-use per day—and six-month wireless service revenues of nearly $76 billion.

Estimated Subscribers – Mid-Year 2009 Estimated Wireless Subscribers Up 13.9 Million from June 2008 (Source: CTIA)

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