< Back ... 5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10




90. Per Telephia, as of the third quarter 2006, nearly 8 million wireless subscribers were capturing videos
       with their mobile devices.

91. In California, the city of Los Angeles imposes a 10% general-purpose tax on consumers of wireless
       service.

92. According to the NPD Group, sales of Smartphones in the U.S. rose from 2% of all new wireless phones
       sales as of early 2006 to 6% in the fourth quarter.

93. Gartner indicates almost 107 million camera phones were sold in to customers in North America in 2006,
       up from almost 76 million in 2005.

94. Mobile to mobile calling has increased more than 78% in the June 2002 to June 2006 period.

95. comScore Networks reports that 16% of wireless subscribers say that web browsing was a highly
       important feature in choosing a new wireless plan.

96. Approximately 9% of all reported wireless subscribers are prepaid.

97. Wireless users sent more than 64.8 billion text messages in the first six month of 2006.

98. It took more than 21 years for color televisions to reach 100 million consumers, more than 90 years for
       landline service to reach 100 million consumers and less than 17 years for wireless to reach 100 million 
       consumers.
 
99. The wireless industry’s largest carriers have teamed with FEMA and the Association of Public Television
       Stations to trial a new technology that will be able to deliver emergency alerts to a limited number of
       subscribers over existing messaging systems.

100. Merrill Lynch indicates the worldwide penetration rate for mobile-phones is twice that of landline phones.