According to CTIA, the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, U.S. wireless subscriptions have now surpassed the U.S. population, for the first time in the history of wireless. This is due to multiple wireless subscriptions by some people.

This news was posted in an article by John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable, on October 11, 2011. The information is based on CTIA’s latest semi-annual mid-year (Jan.-June) survey, released Tuesday, October 11.

According to the survey, there are currently 327.6 million cellular connections vs. a U.S. population, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, of 315.5 million. That’s a 9% increase over the same time last year. Annual revenues and wireless traffic are also up significantly.

The survey also reports “Sales of smart phone and data-enabled PDA’s jumped dramatically, up 57% from midyear 2010′s 61/2 million to midyear 2011′s 95.8 million.”


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