Thursday, October 8, 2009
US mobile data revenue up 31% from last year
CTIA - The Wireless Association has published the latest figures from the US mobile industry, revealing that revenue from wireless data services jumped by 31% year-on-year to over $19.4 billion for the first half of 2009 - that's more than a quarter of total revenue for all mobile services. It also reported that consumers now had more than 246 million data-capable devices. [Press release; survey]