FACT: Seventy-four percent of Americans who own mobile phones say they have used their handheld device in an emergency and gained valuable help.1
FACT: In the United States, 38 percent of all cell phone subscribers use text messaging; 70 percent of 18 to 26 year-olds use text messaging.2
FACT: There are more than 255 million wireless subscribers today in the United States. in 1982 there were 92,000.3
Demand for wireless technology is tremendous. Individuals and businesses of all sizes rely on mobile phones and wireless connectivity. America’s younger generations are growing up in a wired world – where they expect wireless technology to be just as dependable as landlines have been for decades.
It’s a new world. Whether it is considered an “Internet economy” or referred to as a “digital community,” cities, counties, other jurisdictions and community-leaders know they have to compete to keep up.
ExteNet Systems helps wireless service providers meet this customer demand. On behalf of our customers, we work closely with communities and local governments to deploy wireless systems quickly and economically.
1) Associated Press
2) Morgan Stanley Wireless Data Review and Outlook
3) CTIA, The Wireless Association