Statistics About Communications Tech
By The Associated Press, 

Some statistics about communications technology:

Number of U.S. cellular phone subscribers: 118 million

Percentage of households with at least one cell phone: 54 percent

Percentage of households with a pager: 10

Percentage of households with a personal digital assistant: 6.

Projected 2001 spending per U.S. household on communications services,
such as getting on the Internet or using a wireless telephone or pager:
$595, up from $175 in 1995.

Projected 2001 spending on wireless hardware, such as cell phone or
pager: $112, up from $84 in 1995.

Projected 2001 spending per household on all communications services,
including cable and satellite TV: $1,015, up from $421 in 1995.

Average amount a consumer will spend on cellular telephone service this
year: $384, up from $305 last year.

Shipments of personal digital assistants in the United States and
Canada:

1999: 3 million

2000: 5.5 million

2001: 8.2 million, projected

2003: 15.6 million, projected

Cellular phone shipments in the United States and Canada:

1999: 51.8 million

2000: 76.3 million

2001: 90 million, projected

2003: 119 million, projected

Factory sales of consumer electronics and electronic components:

- Cellular telephones:

1990: $1.1 billion

1999: $2.8 billion

- Pagers:

1990: $118 million

1999: $660 million

- Home computers:

1990: $4.1 billion

1999: $16.3 billion

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Sources: Consumer Electronics Association, Cellular Telecommunications &
Internet Association, Forrester Research Inc. (NasdaqNM:FORR - news),
Gartner Group, American Express, Census Bureau (news - web sites)'s
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000.