CTIA New Statistics

San Francisco, Sep 26, 2005: CTIA announced new statistics that show continued heavy growth of SMS and Data in the US:

• 196 million consumers now own a cell phone
• 1/3 of them (roughly 63 million consumers) are actively using data services
• In August 2005, 7.2 Billion text messages were sent across US carriers
• Data revenue now accounts for roughly 8% of carrier revenues