- More than one of every four American homes (26.6%) deserted their landline telephone service and now rely exclusively on wireless service. Approximately 24.9% of all adults (approximately 57 million) live in households with only wireless telephones. A total of 29% of all children live in households with only wireless telephones. (Source: Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2010, Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, December 2010.)
- Wireless subscriptions have risen from 33.8 million in 1995 to 322.9 million in June 2011. (Source: CTIA – The Wireless Association, Wireless Quick Facts, 2011.)
- Wireless penetration for the U.S. population has increased from 13% in 1995 to 120.4% in 2011. (Source: CTIA – The Wireless Association, Wireless Quick Facts, Mid-Year Figures, 2011.)
- The U.S. has more unique 3G subscribers (123.3 million) than the five largest EU countires combined (France, Germany Italy, Spain and UK). (Source: CTIA – The Wireless Association, Wireless Quick Facts, 50 Wireless Facts, 2010.)
- Adults living in (39.9%) or near poverty (32.9%) were more likely than higher income adults to be living in households with only wireless telephones. (Source: Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2010, Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, December 2010.)
- It took more than 21 years for color televisions to reach 100 million consumers, more than 90 years for landline service to reach 100 million consumers and less than 17 years for wireless to reach 100 million consumers. (Source: CTIA – The Wireless Association, Wireless Quick Facts, 100 Wireless Facts, 2009.)
- U.S. wireless data traffic grew 123 percent from 2010 (388 billion megabytes) to 2011 (866.7 billion megabytes). (Source: CTIA-The Wireless Association semi-annual survey, released April 2012.)
- There was a 43 percent increase in the number of active smartphones and wireless-enabled PDAs in 2011 (111.5 million) compared with 2010 (78.2 million). Almost 95 percent of these devices are capable of transmitting wireless data. (Source: CTIA-The Wireless Association semi-annual survey, released April 2012.)
- Nearly one of every six American households (15.9%) received all or almost all calls on wireless telephones despite having a landline telephone in the home. Approximately 40 million adults (17.7%) lived in wireless-mostly households. (Source: Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2010, Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, December 2010.)
- Landline only homes dropped from 34.4% in the first half of 2005 to 12.9% in the first half of 2010. (Source: Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2010, Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, December 2010.)
- Approximately 1.9% of households had no telephone service (neither wireless nor landline). Nearly 4 million adults (1.7%) and 2 million children (2.4%) lived in these households. (Source: Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2010, Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, December 2010.)
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