Wireless Quick Facts
Year End Figures

Topic	Dec-07	Dec-05	Dec-00	Dec-95
Wireless Subscribers	255.4M	207.9M	109.5M	33.8M
Wireless Penetration % of total U.S. population	84%	69%	38%	13%
Wireless-Only Households1 % of U.S. Households	13.6%	8.4%	N/A	N/A
Direct Carrier Jobs	267,000	233,000	184,000	68,000
Wireless Carrier Payroll2 Direct Carrier Wages	$13B	$12.2B	$1.8B	$1.7B
AnnualizedTotal Wireless Revenues	$138.9B	$113.5B	$45.3B	$19B
Annualized Wireless Data Revenues	$23.2B	$8.5B	$211.2M	N/A
Annualized Incremental Capital Investment	$21.1B	$25.2B	$18.4B	$5.1B
Minutes of Use	2.1T	1.5T	533.8B	431.9M
Monthly SMS Messages	48.1B	9.8B	14.4M	N/A
Annualized Yearly SMS Messages	363B	81B	N/A	N/A
Cell Sites	213,299	183,689	104,288	22,663
E-911 Calls3 Per Day	291K	260K	139K	55K

  K=Thousand             M=Million                B=Billion                 T=Trillion

1Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National 
  Health Interview Survey, January-June 2007, National Center for Health 
  Statistics, December 10, 2007.

2BLS Series data.

3CTIA Wireless 9-1-1 and Distress Calls.

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