Industry data for U.S. cell phone subscriptions 1983-2013
|
Year |
Quantity |
|
1983 |
- |
|
1984 |
- |
|
1985 |
340,213 |
|
1986 |
681,825 |
|
1987 |
1,230,855 |
|
1988 |
2,069,441 |
|
1989 |
3,508,944 |
|
1990 |
5,283,055 |
|
1991 |
7,557,148 |
|
1992 |
11,032,753 |
|
1993 |
16,009,461 |
|
1994 |
24,134,421 |
|
1995 |
33,785,661 |
|
1996 |
44,042,992 |
|
1997 |
55,312,293 |
|
1998 |
69,209,321 |
|
1999 |
86,047,003 |
|
2000 |
109,478,031 |
|
2001 |
128,500,000 |
|
2002 |
141,800,000 |
|
2003 |
160,637,000 |
|
2004 |
184,819,000 |
|
2005 |
203,700,000 |
|
2006 |
229,600,000 |
|
2007 |
249,300,000 |
|
2008 |
261,300,000 |
|
2009 |
274,283,000 |
|
2010 |
285,118,000 |
|
2011 |
297,404,000 |
|
2012 |
304,838,000 |
|
2013 |
310,698,000 |
References:
[1] Cellular Telephone Industry Association (CTIA) Industry Statistics for 1985-1999, https://www.ctia.org/ Date accessed: 30/05/2017 (2009).
[2] 2000-2013, International Telecommunications Union Development Sector (ITU-D) Industry Statistics for 2000-2013, http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx Data accessed: 30/05/2017 (2016).
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