WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, RFID & CELLULAR INDUSTRY STATISTICS

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A complete analysis of the Wireless Industry, including trends, statistics and profiles of the 350 most successful Wireless companies, is available in the Wireless, Wi-Fi, RFID & Cellular Industry Almanac.

 

Wireless, Cellular, RFID & Wi-Fi Industry Overview
WIRELESS/CELLULAR
U.S. Wireless Communications Services Spending (Projection)	108.8	bil. US$	2005	TIA
U.S. Wireless Equipment Spending (Projection)
Capital Expenditures	16.1	bil. US$	2005	TIA
Handsets	11.1	bil. US$	2005	TIA
Wi-Fi Equipment	5.1	bil. US$	2005	TIA
U.S. Wi-Fi Services Spending (Projection)	0.1	bil. US$	2005	TIA
Annual U.S. Wireless* Revenues	$102	bil. US$	2004	CTIA
Number of U.S. Wireless Subscribers (Est.)	182.1	mil.	2004	CTIA
Number of Wireless Minutes Used	1.1	tril.	2004	CTIA
Average Monthly Wireless Bill	$50.64		2004	CTIA
Number of Cell Sites	175,725		2004	CTIA
Direct Wireless Carrier Employment	226,016		2004	CTIA
Number of 3G Subscribers Worldwide	15	mil.	2004	In-Stat/MDR
U.S. Mobile Gaming Revenues (Estimate)	250	mil. US$	2004	In-Stat/MDR
Global Revenues from Mobile Sports Services	600	mil. US$	2004	PRE
Annual Shipment of Handsets Worldwide	675	mil. units	2004	PRE
Number of Camera Phones Sold Worldwide	257	mil. units	2004	SA
Worldwide PDA Revenues	4.3	bil. US$	2004	GD
Number of Wireless Modems Shipped Worldwide	2.5	mil. units	2004	In-Stat/MDR
Global Enterprise Mobility Solutions Market	16.5	bil. US$	2004	VDC
(Mobile devices, software, services and WLAN infrastructure)
Global Market for Commercial Mobile Software	560	mil. US$	2004	VDC
(Operating systems, application frameworks, java service & provisioning)
Global Client/Server-based Enterprise Mobile Software	582	mil. US$	2004	VDC
(Security, device management and middleware)
RFID
Total Value of RFID Systems Shipped Worldwide	1.8	bil. US$	2004	VDC
Hardware	70.8	mil. US$	2004	VDC
Services	6.1	mil. US$	2004	VDC
Software	23.1	mil. US$	2004	VDC
Worldwide RFID Tag Revenues	300	mil. US$	2004	In-Stat/MDR
Number of RFID Tags Sold and Used in 2004 (Projection)	10	bil. Units	2004	D&T
SA = Strategy Analytics
GD = Gartner Dataquest
D&T = Deloitte & Touche
PRE = Plunkett Research estimate
VDC = Venture Development Corporation
TIA = Telecommunications Industry Association
*Includes domestic U.S. commercially-operational cellular, ESMR and PCS providers