History of Wireless Communications
From Building the Wireless Future® to Expanding the Wireless Frontier™
- Wireless subscribership in America exceeds 100 million.
- Digital wireless users outnumber analog subscribers
- Nearly 1 million Americans directly or indirectly employed by wireless. (Jobs in the wireless industry pay wages that are approximately 78% higher than the national average.)
- The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association™ merges with the
Wireless Data Forum to become the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association™ - Camera phones introduced in Japanese market.
2001
- The average wireless consumer uses his or her phone for 320 minutes per month.
- November 8, FCC votes to raise CMRS spectrum limits for individual carriers from 45 MHz to 55 MHz, and subsequently eliminate cap in January 2003.
2002
- FCC awards 90 MHz of additional spectrum for advanced wireless services.
- Delivery of digital wireless data and voice enhanced networks (2.5G)
- October 13, 2003: 20th Anniversary of Commercial Wireless Communications.
2004
- Subscribership reaches over 180 million.
- The Celluar Telecommunications & Internet Association™ changes it name to CTIA-The Wireless Association™
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