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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.


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