Archive for the ‘Stats & Facts’ Category
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 [...]
55% of Americans Use Wireless Internet
It’s not only because I work for the wireless trade association, but I find I use my smartphone to use the Internet, even though I have other wireline connections available. Why? It’s easy and convenient. Apparently, I’m not alone. Yesterday, the Pew Internet Project released a report that says 55% of Americans use wireless devices [...]
Investment + Commitment + Spectrum = Benefits for Wireless Consumers
In our initial comments for the FCC’s 16th Annual Mobile Competition Report, we shared data from our semi-annual survey that proves the U.S. wireless industry is competitive which means great benefits for consumers. In our reply comments, we provided third party research that shows the U.S. leads the world in wireless even though we have [...]
CTIA Wireless Industry Indices Report: Now Available
Since 1985, CTIA has conducted an in-depth analysis of industry wide data drawn from member and non-member wireless service providers. This data reflects the results for companies serving 95% of wireless subscribers as of December 31, 2011. Here are some of the highlights from our most recent semi-annual survey (as of December 31, 2011): Wireless [...]
By the Numbers: The U.S. Wireless Industry’s Economic Impact
Yesterday, at a well-attended event hosted by the Progressive Policy Institute, Roger Entner of Recon Analytics released a report detailing the significant impact the U.S. wireless industry has on our nation’s economy. For those of us who have worked in the wireless industry, it comes as no surprise that our industry is now larger than [...]
More Evidence of a Global Conspiracy?
This morning, Dow Jones ran a story looking at how Ofcom’s upcoming 4G spectrum auction is going to provide the U.K. with improved “broadband speeds, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.” In support of why the 4G spectrum auction was needed, they highlighted: Launch of 4G networks may up to GBP75 billion, or [...]
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