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International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009® Show Program Guide and Directory & Keynote Session DVDs
If you were not able to make it to San Diego to learn all about the latest mobile trends, opportunities & challenges, all is not lost! Or perhaps you were in attendance but could not be in two places at once and had to miss some of the important events.
CTIA is pleased to offer the next best thing to being there in person
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70. As stated by M:Metrics, in October 2006, almost 9% of U.S. wireless customers sent personal e-mail,
and more than 5% sent business e-mail, using their wireless devices.
71. Competing wireless broadband technologies are being deployed across America, with higher-speed
EVDO and WCDMA/HSDPA technologies now available in counties containing more than 63% and 20%
of the U.S. population, respectively.
72. Two carriers have announced that they will spend more than $5.2 billion in building new 3G and 4G
networks between 2007 and 2008.
73. As per ABI Research, North American subscriptions to “personal locator services” using GPS-enabled
mobile phones will grow to more than 20 million by 2011.
74. comScore Networks reports that 33% of wireless subscribers say that they feel lost without their wireless
phone.
75. In-Stat indicates that 15% of wireless customers in the U.S. carry two devices.
76. According to M:Metrics, almost 20% of teen wireless customers sent photo messages in the U.S. in
October 2006.
77. Lehman Brothers predicts that mobile TV will grow to a $15 billion market by 2009.
78. Multiple MVNOs compete in the wireless marketplace, serving approximately 10% of wireless customers.
79. As stated by Gartner, global handset sales will reach 986 million in 2006.
