The mobile industry is on a tear. The CTIA semi-annual wireless industry survey has just been released , and while numbers showing robust mobile broadband growth are no surprise, data released on consumer text messaging behavior certainly caught our attention. According to the survey, over 740 billion text messages were sent over carrier networks in the US during the first half of 2009. To put that astronomical number into perspective, it boils down to 4.1 billion SMS messages being sent daily , which is also nearly twice as many as sent during the same time period last year. Other interesting findings include: -

Wireless consumers used 1.1 trillion million minutes of call time in the first half of the year - Wireless service revenues neared $76 billion for the first six months of 2009 - There are currently over 276 million wireless users If anything, the survey data certainly backs up the reasoning behind the FCC Chairman’s Mobile Broadband Agenda , announced earlier today, which is designed to support the increase in wireless traffic by unleashing spectrum and removing obstacles around 4G network deployment. Image courtesy of iStockphoto ,

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WOW: 4.1 Billion SMS Messages Are Sent Daily