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SMS/Text Messaging and MMS Usage soars in 2008

The CTIA just released the Semi-Annual Wireless Industry Survey Results …and it confirms what we already know – WIRELESS CONTINUES TO GROW AND PERFORM IN A TOUGH US ECONOMY. > 270 Million Wireless Users at the end of 2008. That is a year-over-year gain of 15 Million subscribers. Why is this important? Mobile is already [...]

April 1, 2009 in CTIA, General, Mobile Marketing, Text Messaging, Wireless Carriers

50 Billion Text Messages a Month & Counting

At last week’s CTIA show in Vegas, the president of the CTIA announced that based on a survey they did with carriers, the number of text messages a month in December 2007 closing out the year with 48 Billion text messages for December. Based on our estimates, we are well on track to reach huge [...]

April 11, 2008 in CTIA, Mobile Messaging, SMS, Text Messaging

84% of Americans are Mobile

At the CTIA even in Las Vegas last week, CTIA also stated that in December 2007, President Steve Largent shared there were 255 million wireless users in the U.S., an increase of 22 million subscribers over the previous year. About 84% of U.S. residents have some form of wireless device. He shared industry data about [...]

April 6, 2008 in CTIA, General, Text Messaging, Wireless Carriers

250 Million Wireless Subscribers… and still counting in the US

Today, the CTIA–The Wireless Association announced the total estimated wireless subscribership in America officially passed the 250 million mark – a new mark. These numbers come as the latest mobile statistics were presented at the Fall ’07 CTIA Conference. Over a quarter-billion served in the United States and growing.

November 13, 2007 in CTIA, General, Wireless Carriers

Mobile Messaging Growth – almost a billion txt msgs a day… and growing!

Over four years ago when we first decided to enter mobile space, sms/text messaging was barely a feature people used on their cell phone. It usually took 3-4 minutes to see if your phone had the option of sending a text message. Then it took another minute or two just to figure out if it [...]

October 24, 2007 in CTIA, General, Mobile Messaging, SMS, Text Messaging, Wireless Carriers