Archive for the ‘Wireless Carriers’ Category

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 [...]

Top Ten U.S. Wireless Service Providers

The companies listed below represent the ten largest national and regional licensed wireless carriers based on subscriber numbers at the end of the second quarter of this year.Once again, there was no movement among the top 10 carriers. AT&T continued to rank No. 1 with nearly 73 million subscribers, trailed by Verizon Wireless with close [...]

August 20, 2008 in Mobile Devices, Wireless Carriers

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 [...]

Latest research shows Cell Phone is the Most Vital Device

We all saw this coming… Just a matter of time before the home phone was taken over by the cell phone as the most important device. Study: Cell Phone Now Most Vital Device By ANICK JESDANUN – Mar 5, 2008 NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have become more dependent on their cell phones than conventional [...]

Cell Phone Plans go Unlimited

In one week, every major carrier jumped on the all-you-can eat bandwagon. While most of them decided to offer unlimited voice plans (Verizon who made the first announcement and AT&T Mobility who filed suit), some went futher to offer unlimited messaging (T-Mobile) and Sprint decided to jump past everyone by offering everything unlimited…. all for [...]

February 21, 2008 in General, SMS, Wireless Carriers