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Is your curiosity satisfied yet? If not, find an even wider array of facts and figures from the world of wireless in our 50 Wireless Facts!
See a summary of CTIA's year-end semi-annual survey report or purchase the full report.
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Wireless Quick Facts
Year-End Figures
| Topic | Dec-12 | Dec-11 | Dec-07 | Dec-02 | Dec-97 |
| Wireless Subscriber Connections Number of active devices, including smartphones feature phones, tablets, hotspots, etc. |
326.4M | 316M | 255.4M | 140.8M | 55.3M |
| Wireless Penetration equals # of active units divided by the total U.S. and territorial population (Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) |
102.2% | 99.7% | 83.1% | 48% | 19.8% |
| Wireless-Only Households1 % of U.S. Households |
35.8% | 34% | 15.8% | N/A | N/A |
| Annual Wireless Data Traffic | 1.468T MB | 866.7B MB | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Annual Total Wireless Revenues | $185B | $169.8B | $138.9B | $76.5B | $27.4B |
| Annual Incremental Capital Investment | $30.1B | 25.3B | $21.1B | $20.0B | $13.5B |
| Annual Minutes of Use | 2.30T | 2.296T | 2.12T | 619.8B | 62.9B |
| Monthly Text Messages | 171.3B | 193.1B | 48.1B | 1.0B | 1.2M |
| Annual Yearly Text Messages | 2.19T | 2.3T | 362.5B | N/A | N/A |
| Cell Sites | 301,779 | 283,385 | 213,299 | 139,338 | 51,600 |
| E-911 Calls2 Per Day |
>400K | >396K | 260K | 139K | 55K |
K=Thousand M=Million B=Billion T=Trillion
1Latest figures as of June 2012 are from Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January – June 2012. National Center for Health Statistics, December 2012.
2CTIA Wireless 9-1-1 and Distress Calls.
