Posts Tagged ‘Statistics’
CTIA Survey Show More Wireless Devices than Americans
For the first time in the history of CTIA’s Semi-Annual Survey, there are more active wireless devices than Americans! As CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent announced from the CTIA ENTERPRISE & APPLICATIONS™ keynote stage, as of June 2011, there were more wireless subscriber connections (322.9 million) than the population of the U.S. and its territories [...]
10 Most Popular Questions on the U.S. Wireless Industry
In this dynamic and constantly evolving wireless industry, we’ve accepted the fact that there is no “final” draft in our Wireless Industry Overview …or any of our industry overview documents. Instead, we’re always updating these “living” documents. But while the industry keeps changing, as the head of research, I’ve noticed I’m consistently asked the following [...]
Want better wireless service in America? Let us purchase more spectrum.
At best, Joshua Topolsky’s piece this afternoon was disingenuous. To suggest anything but the fact that our industry is the most innovative and competitive in the world is choosing to only see a fraction of reality. Instead of being flippant, look at the facts. In the U.S., there are almost 303 million wireless subscribers who [...]
The U.S. Wireless Industry – An Overview
**UPDATE 9/22: We’ve added even more facts to the overview presentation. Here’s the latest version.** Late last month, we released our one page overview on the wireless industry’s value, innovation and economic impact that has led to a high volume of consumer usage. Today, we’re sharing our “Wireless Industry Overview” PowerPoint, which provides a more [...]
A Quick Look at the Benefits Provided by the U.S. Wireless Industry
Innovation in the wireless industry continues to move at a rapid pace, and while CTIA regularly conducts our own surveys and research, we also know that there is a vast amount of data provided from many other organizations and individuals. This document gives a quick updated look into the industry in terms of its value, [...]
Progressive Policy Institute Explains Why BLS Data is Easily Misinterpreted
**UPDATE @ 11 a.m. ET: In his op-ed published this morning, Harold Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former FCC Commissioner, pointed out how the “narrowly focused” data cited by the recent WSJ article fails to accurately reflect the larger U.S. wireless ecosystem.** I’ve been tracking the U.S. wireless industry for years. [...]
CTIA Response to NAB’s Study
After NAB released their study, I released this statement: “Contrary to the scare tactics that NAB is presenting to consumers and policymakers, reallocating underutilized spectrum will not remove free over-the-air broadcast television. We also want to remind broadcasters of two key points in all of the incentive auction discussions, as well as in each of [...]
Wireless Industry Innovation: We’re #1
In the last couple of weeks, the CTIA blog has been focused on some of the wireless industry’s innovations, such as apps and devices. We’ve also highlighted our members’ $71 billion investment in capital expenditures in 2008-10, the 110% increase in data traffic between 2009-10 and the additional 500 billion text messages exchanged in 2010 versus [...]
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