Good afternoon, everyone!

I just read an interesting article on RCR Wireless about the class-action antitrust lawsuit filed against the top four US carriers, which alleges that the carriers have “conspired to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize prices of text-messaging services.”

According to the article, the lawsuit questions the rise of the text messaging costs which doubled from 10 cents to 20 in just a few years.

But what I found most interesting was the article’s conclusion, which provided a juicy mobile statistic:

According to mid-year figures by industry association CTIA, 75 billion text messages are sent every month. Overall, CTIA said wireless operators generate $27.5 billion a year from wireless data, a big chunk of which is generated by text messages.

75 billion messages–that’s a lot texting. I think my sister is responsible for at least a 800 of those.

Hello mobileteers!

I thought you all might find this interesting. I know that I’m always looking for mobile stats, and as far as stats go, this is a good one.

Last week RCR Wireless posted the top ten mobile carriers in the US. Here’s the list with each carrier’s subscriber base:

1. AT&T Mobility     71.4 million
2. Verizon Wireless     67.2 million
3. Sprint Nextel     52.8 million
4. T-Mobile USA     30.8 million
5. Alltel     13.2 million
6. US Cellular     6.2 million
7. MetroPCS     4.4 million
8. Leap Wireless     3.09 million
9. Centennial     662,700
10. Rural Cellular     790,431

For the rest of the article, check out RCR Wireless News.