Telecommunications Industry Overview

Number

Unit

Year

Source

U.S. Telecommunications Industry Revenues

1.0

Tril.US$

2007

TIA

Projected U.S. Telecommunications Industry Revenues

1.24

Tril.US$

2010

TIA

Worldwide Telecommunications Industry Revenues

3.32

Tril.US$

2006

TIA

Projected Worldwide Telecommunications Industry Revenues

4.26

Tril.US$

2010

TIA

Service Revenue, U.S. Telecommunications

457.8

Bil.US$

2007

TIA

Service Revenue, Worldwide Telecommunications

1.3

Tril.US$

2007

Insight

Landline

U.S. Landline Revenue

288.4

Bil. US $

2007

TIA

U.S. Landline Transport Service Revenue

165.7

Bil. US $

2007

TIA

Wireless

Wireless Revenue, U.S.

211

Bil. US $

2007

TIA

Service Revenue

143.1

Bil. US $

2007

TIA

Number of Wireless Subscribers

239

Bil.

Jun-07

CTIA

Wireless Penetration

78

%

2007

TIA

Projected Number of Wireless Subscribers

270

Bil.

2010

TIA

Average Monthly Wireless Bill

49.30

US$

2006

CTIA

Number of Cell Sites, U.S.

197,576

Sites

2006

CTIA

Direct Wireless Service Provider Employment

238,236

Workers

2006

CTIA

Global Cell Phone Subscribers

2.3

Bil.

2007

PRE

Projected Global Cell Phone Subscribers

3.96

Bil.

2011

Portio

Number of 3G Subscribers Worldwide

351

Mil.

Q1 2007

Gartner

Annual Shipment of Cellular Handsets Worldwide

986

Mil.

2006

Gartner

Text Messages Sent Worldwide, Monthly

12.5

Bil.

Jun-06

CTIA

Equipment & Software Revenue

Network Equipment & Facilities

24.4

Bil. US$

2007

TIA

Enterprise Equipment

110.2

Bil. US$

2007

TIA

Consumer Landline Equipment

2.5

Bil. US$

2007

TIA

Wireless Capital Expenditures/Wi-Fi/WiMAX Equipment

32.5

Bil. US$

2007

TIA

Wireless Devices

19.2

Bil. US$

2007

TIA

Cable & Internet

Number of High Speed Internet Lines in the U.S.

64.6

Mil.

Jun-06

FCC

Residential Cable Telephony (VoIP) Customers, U.S.

10.8

Mil.

Mar-07

NCTA

Projected VoIP Customers, U.S.

25.5

Mil.

2010

TIA

U.S. High-Speed Internet (Broadband) Revenue

31.4

Bil. US$

2007

TIA

U.S. Dial-up Internet Revenue

5.8

Bil. US$

2007

TIA

Employment

Employment in the Telecommunications Industry, U.S.

972.9

Thous.

2006

BLS

Insight = The Insight Research Corporation; TIA = Telecommunications Industry Association; CTIA = Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association; PRE = Plunkett Research estimate; Portio = Portio Research; Gartner = Gartner Research; FCC = U.S. Federal Communications Commission; NCTA = National Cable Telecommunications Association; BLS = U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2008
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