Wireless data revenues rose to $15.2 billion last year, a 77-percent jump from 2005, according to CTIA. The wireless trade group estimates carriers data revenues today total about 13 percent of all wireless revenues.
“Wireless broadband is providing mobile subscribers with the ability to access content like never before,” said CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent. “Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission reported that 59 percent of all new high-speed lines were wireless. Wireless broadband is growing faster than cable and DSL combined and because of that fact subscribers are accessing new and exciting types of content on their mobile devices.”
Text messaging remains popular; CTIA said more than 158 billion messages were sent in 2006. Average revenue per user inched up a bit last year too.
CTIA: Data revenues up 77 percent
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