The number of text messages sent on cell phones has more than
doubled from 48 billion in 2007 to 110 billion in 2008, according to
the U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010.
Other mobile releted facts from the abstract include:
- In
2007, the average consumer spent $1,110 on telephone services.
Residential telephone and pay phone services made up 43 percent of
total expenditures, with cell phone service comprising 55 percent and
phone cards and pager services making up the remaining 2 percent.
(Table 1111). - In 2008, there were more than 270 million cell phone
subscribers; they paid an average monthly bill of $50 with the average
call lasting 2 minutes, 16 seconds. (Table 1112).