| Wireless, Wi-Fi, RFID & Cellular Industry Overview |
| | Quantity | Unit | Date* | Source |
| U.S. |
| Annualized Total Wireless Service Revenues | 138.9 | Bil. US$ | Dec-07 | CTIA |
| Annualized Wireless Data Revenues | 23.2 | Bil. US$ | Dec-07 | CTIA |
| Number of Wireless Subscribers | 255.4 | Mil. | Dec-07 | CTIA |
| Market Penetration | 84 | % | Dec-07 | CTIA |
| Number of Cell Sites | 213.3 | Thous. | Dec-07 | CTIA |
| Direct Carrier Employment | 267 | Thous. | Dec-07 | CTIA |
| Households with Wireless Phone Only | 15.8 | % | Dec-07 | CTIA |
| Users of Mobile Internet Services | 32 | Mil. | 2007 | Nielsen Mobile |
| Worldwide |
| Cell Phone Subscribers | 3.0 | Bil. | 2008 | PRE |
| Projected Cell Phone Subscribers | 4.9 | Bil. | 2012 | Portio Research |
| Mobile Revenue | 874.3 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | Portio Research |
| Projected Mobile Revenue | 1,094.9 | Bil. US$ | 2012 | Portio Research |
| Service Revenue (Mobile Revenue - Equipment Sales) | 783.2 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | Portio Research |
| Projected Service Revenue | 986.5 | Bil. US$ | 2012 | Portio Research |
| Voice Revenue (Service Revenue - Data Revenue) | 622.5 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | Portio Research |
| Projected Voice Revenue | 734.6 | Bil. US$ | 2012 | Portio Research |
| Mobile Data Revenue (Service Revenue - Voice Revenue) | 160.7 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | Portio Research |
| Short Message Service (SMS) Revenue | 81.1 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | PRE |
| Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Revenue | 23.1 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | PRE |
| Mobile Music Revenue | 12.2 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | PRE |
| Mobile E-mail Revenue | 7.6 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | PRE |
| Mobile Video Revenue | 6.0 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | PRE |
| Mobile Gaming Revenue | 4.7 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | PRE |
| Mobile Instant Messaging (IM) Revenue | 1.8 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | PRE |
| Other Mobile Data Revenue | 24.1 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | PRE |
| Annual Growth Rate, Mobile Market | 11.9 | % | 2007 | Protio Research |
| Handset Revenue | 174.9 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | Protio Research |
| Projected Handset Revenue | 218.0 | Bil. US$ | 2011 | Protio Research |
| Annual Shipments of Handsets | 1,258.9 | Mil. Units | 2008 | Protio Research |
| Projected Annual Shipments of Handsets | 1,657.2 | Mil. Units | 2011 | Protio Research |
| Number of Camera Phones Sold | 727.8 | Mil. Units | 2008 | PRE |
| Global Enterprise Mobility Solutions Market (Mobile devices, software, services and WLAN infrastructure) | 23.2 | Bil. US$ | 2008 | VDC |
| Number of 3G Subscribers Worldwide | 375 | Mil. | 2008 | R&M |
| Text Messages Sent Worldwide, Monthly | 48.1 | Bil. | Dec-07 | CTIA |
| * Figures for 2008 are estimated. |
| CTIA = Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (The Wireless Association); PRE = Plunkett Research estimate; VDC = Venture Development Corporation; R&M = Research & Markets. |
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| Source: Plunkett Research Ltd. Copyright © 2008, All Rights Reserved |
| Plunkett's Wireless, Wi-Fi, RFID & Cellular Industry Almanac 2009 |
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