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Quick Facts on the U.S. Wireless Industry
A couple of weeks ago, we released our semi-annual survey. With the year-end 2012 numbers, the industry continues to grow and invest despite the current economy. The fact that our members spent the highest ever in capital expenditures in 2012 shows that they are focused on providing their customers – you and me – the [...]
CTIA Year-End 2012 Semi-Annual Wireless Industry Survey
Today, we released CTIA’s year-end semi-annual survey and CTIA’s Wireless Industry Indices report (the comprehensive round-up and analysis of the survey results). Once again, the wireless industry survey reveals some extraordinary results. Capital investment, for example, reached an all-time high in 2012. Wireless carriers invested more than $30 billion in capital in the U.S. in [...]
Today’s Wireless Family – INFOGRAPHIC
What does the “average” American wireless family look like and how does yours compare? Using a variety of sources, CTIA’s Growing Wireless team has developed this infographic that looks at “Today’s Wireless Family” and provides simple tips for parents. Whether you’re on the go, at home or at school, parents play an important role to [...]
The Amazing Smartphone: No Guts, No Glory
No matter how you slice it, the wireless industry has undergone – and continues to go through – an amazing transformation. As of June 2012, there were almost 322 million wireless devices in the U.S., and almost 41 percent of them were smartphones (almost 131 million). This is a 37 percent increase from the previous [...]
Mid-Year 2012 CTIA Wireless Industry Indices Report Now Available
CTIA’s mid-year 2012 Indices report is now available and provides users with a comprehensive look at the state of the U.S. wireless industry from 1985 through June 2012. Capturing data from companies serving 97 percent of all estimated wireless subscribers, it is a comprehensive overview of wireless in America. Few other reports have the historical [...]
IT Experts Survey Says that Government and Industry Should Work Together on Cybersecurity
No one knows the challenges of cybersecurity better than those on the front lines – the IT professionals. In an IT decision maker survey released today by CTIA, 96 percent said the government should allow wireless companies to exchange information to identify vulnerabilities and protect users from cyberthreats. Some other interesting results from the survey [...]
Thanks to the app economy, 519,000 jobs were created
Today, CTIA and the Application Developers Alliance released a report that found the app economy created 519,000 jobs across the country. While the top 10 app economy job states may not be surprising, the economic impact must have been welcomed by all of these states. The figure next to each state is the economic impact, [...]
Independent Research Again Confirms More Spectrum is Critical to U.S. Economy
While we conduct our semi-annual survey that provides usage, investments and other interesting wireless industry metrics, we also rely on independent third party organizations for statistics and facts. As we’ve done in the past, we created a one-page document that highlights some of the third-party research. Based on the results, it’s clear the U.S. wireless [...]
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