USA. Cell phone use booms

Some 2004 figures on cell phone usage in the US released by the CTIA, via USA Today.

-- Talking remains the No. 1 activity for subscribers. Wireless voice minutes exceeded 1.1 trillion in 2004, compared with 29 billion minutes 10 years ago.

-- Text messaging is also on the upswing. Monthly short-message service (SMS) passed 4.6 billion messages — more than double the 2003 figure and more than 300 times the total at the end of 2000.--. The catalyst: Carriers fixed a problem that formerly prevented one carrier's phone from sending text to a different carrier's handset.

emily | 11:06 AM | Random Stats |
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