Hello Cellgirl,
According to CTIA- The Wireless Association there are an estimated
194,479,364 wireless subscribers in the United States.
See graph 1985-2005 at the link below:
CTIA
http://files.ctia.org/img/survey/2005_midyear/slides/EstSubscribers_4.jpg
Or page 2 here:
http://files.ctia.org/pdf/CTIAMidYear2005Survey.pdf
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Wireless Subscribers: 194.5 million U.S. subscribers
Wireless Penetration: Over 65 percent of total U.S. population
Wireless-Only Households: 6 percent of U.S. households
Current as of October 2005
Source:
The Policy Council: Wireless Quick Facts
http://policycouncil.nationaljournal.com/EN/Forums/CTIA+-+The+Wireless+Association/4425ea25-45f4-4c41-9174-91f4718916db.htm
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Growth
The US Has an Estimated 194.6 Million Mobile Phone Subscribers; This
Figure is Expected to Reach 240.2 Million by 2009
Excerpt:
?The future of mobile entertainment may be uncertain, but one thing is
certain: There's a world of potential subscribers.
There are nearly 2 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide,
according to Informa Telecoms & Media, up 22% from 2004.
Of that 2 billion, 194.6 million are in the US, reports CTIA-The
Wireless Association. Growth in the US is slower, at 15% between 2004
and 2005.
We project that by 2009, there will be 240.2 million mobile
subscribers in the US, a penetration of 78.4% of the population.?
Source:
Mobile Entertainment: The Rise of the Very Small Screen
eMarketer, Jan 2006, Pages: 22
Research and Markets
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?report_id=314536&t=o&cat_id=20
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From a report by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA):
5.2 percent compound average growth rate through 2008 to roughly 200
million wireless communications subscribers
Excerpt:
?The study predicts that the U.S. wireless subscriber base (wireless
telephony and paging) will continue to expand, but at single-digit
rather than double-digit rates. In 2004, there were 173.7 million
wireless subscribers, up 9 percent from 2003, most of these ? 163.1
million ? were wireless telephone subscribers. Between 1999 and 2004,
the number of wireless telephony subscribers more than doubled. The
principal driver of this growth was the introduction of one-rate
pricing plans in 1999. Wireless became less expensive than landline
for many people, spurring an increase in wireless subscribership. With
a majority of the population now subscribing to mobile phone service,
growth in the wireless universe will begin to slow and drop to
single-digit increases beginning in 2005, with growth averaging 5.2
percent compound average growth rate through 2008 to roughly 200
million wireless communications subscribers.?
Press Release: TIA's 2005 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast
http://www.tiaonline.org/business/media/press_releases/legacy.cfm?parelease=05-05
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Additional information that might interest you:
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Figure I-1 Wireless Subscribers Growth 2005-2011 (Millions)
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Year Subscribers worldwide
2005 1,851.4 million
2006 2,085.9
2007 2,320.2
2008 2,547.4
2009 2,764.5
2010 2,968.8
2011 3,156.0
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Source: Insight Research
http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/review06.asp
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I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
