Hello again Jimwalden,
How much is spent in the U.S. on handsets (i.e. mobile phones)?
According to NPD Group, Americans over $2 billion on mobile phones:
?Research group NPD Group said that the US mobile phone market grew
again during the third quarter of 2005.
The top manufacturers by market share in the US are as follows:
Motorola
LG
Nokia
Samsung
Sanyo
Kyocera
Sony Ericsson
UTStarcom/Audiovox
Siemens/BenQ
Overall Americans purchased 31.6 million mobile phones for over $2 billion.?
Mobile Tracker: Oct 27 2005
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2005/10/27/us-market-share
Growth
"According to The NPD Group, the leader in market information for the
wireless industry, mobile phone sales to consumers in the U.S. reached
31.6 million units in the third quarter of 2005. This number
represents solid incremental growth of seven percent from the second
quarter 2005 sales volume of 29.6 million units and an increase of
more than 30 percent compared to sales during the same period in 2004.
NPD estimates total third quarter 2005 consumer sales of slightly more
than $2 billion."
?The handset market was very robust in the third quarter,? said Neil
Strother, research director for mobile devices at The NPD Group.
?These numbers reflect strong replacement demand among consumers,
coupled with more limited growth from new subscribers.?
Source: The NPD Group
http://wireless.npd.com/news102605.html
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How much is spent on wireless prepaid services?
According to Smartserv Investor Update, $10 BILLION is spent on
wireless prepaid services in the United States.
Excerpt:
?SmartServ has made major progress towards becoming one of the leading
companies in telecom?s hottest sector ? prepaid wireless. ?Prepaid?
and ?postpaid? mobile phones work the same ? the only difference is
that prepaid service is paid for ahead of time, usually
with cash not credit. Prepaid subscribers buy monthly minute cards and
only pay for the minutes they need. There are no contracts, no credit
checks and no monthly bills. Prepaid wireless is now about a $10
billion business in the U.S. and forecast to double over
the next three years by leading industry analysts, so this market is
extremely attractive to us and is the focus of our plans to build our
company and your investment.?
SmartServ
http://www.smartserv.com/investors/InvestorUpdateREV5-19.pdf
SmartServ: March 2005
http://www.smartserv.com/investors/March2005/investor-update-2005-1.html
Growth
Adoption of prepaid wireless services is on the rise. While roughly 12
percent of wireless customers in the United States are on prepaid
plans, over the next few years prepaid will become more popular among
new subscribers, according to consulting firm Atlantic-AIM, which
specializes in prepaid.
MobilePro Jumps into Prepaid
By Susan Rush
News@2 Direct -- 4/12/2005 10:40:00 AM
http://www.wirelessweek.com/toc-newsat2/2005/20050412.html
?According to the Yankee Group, the prepaid industry continues to show
strong growth from more than 18 million by the end of this year to
nearly 25 million subscribers during the next three years. New prepaid
users could generate $6.3 billion in additional revenue to the total
wireless market through 2006.?
Tracphone
http://www.tracfone.com/about.jsp?task=about¤tView=unused_minutes
Prepaid services have also experienced explosive growth in the US Hispanic market.
http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?productid=1079022&g=1
Prepaid Wireless Adoption to Grow Faster:
?Prepaid wireless adoption grows faster as compared with the wireless
market in general. Due to the recent research, its average annual
growth comes to 15 to 20 per cent up to the predictable 12 per cent of
the market by 2007.?
Finance Gates: 11 Aug 2004
http://www.financegates.com/BillingNews-6.html
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"U.S. mobile phone market " billion
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I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
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