U.S. Mobile Data Up 40 Per Cent
The US mobile data market grew 40 per cent year on year to 2Q2008, generating $8.2 billion Advisory firm Chetan Sharma Consulting says mobile data grossed $15.7 billion in the first six months of 2008, up 38 per cent year on year. This helped US operators increase data ARPUs by $0.46, while voice ARPU declined $0.05. Verizon is the data ARPU leader with $12.58, followed by Sprint at $12, AT&T at $11.59 and T-Mobile USA at $8.60. Non-messaging services account for 50 per cent to 60 per cent of US operator data revenues.