Wireless Data as Percentage of Carrier Revenue
Data is becoming an increasingly important part of carrier revenue. Listed below is the percentage of revenue obtained by carriers from data (ie…text messages, ringtones, etc…).
2000 — 0.4%
2001 — 0.9%
2002 — 1.2%
2003 — 2.5%
2004 — 4.0%
2005 — 8.9%
2006 — 13.5%
2007 — 17.9%
