Cover Story - Wireless Connects America's Economy

50 FACTS ABOUT THE U.S. WIRELESS INDUSTRY
Advocacy and research provided by CTIA, the wireless association

Since CTIA started tracking in 1985, the cumulative industry investment has totaled more than $322 billion, not including more than $40 billion in payments to the U.S. Treasury for spectrum. The wireless association calculates that in just the first half of 2011, U.S. wireless consumers used an average of 6 billion minutes per day! During that same period, almost 1.14 trillion text messages were sent and received.

The wireless industry directly/indirectly employs >2.4 million Americans. read more