Not literally, but you get the idea. Worldwide revenue from wireless data charges (excluding revenue from SMS) exceeded $10 billion last quarter, settling at the comfortable sum of $11.3 billion! This is a remarkable increase from the same period one year ago, during which non-SMS data charges accounted for a paltry $8.1 billion. Not to be left out of the part, SMS traffic rose by 50% this past quarter as well, grabbing a solid 23% increase in global revenue. All told, data revenue (including SMS charges) pulled in an earth shattering $34.3 billion worldwide. Yikes!
Worldwide Data revenue goes through the roof
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 5:51PM EST
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Josh Karp followed his love of technology since a kid through to the present day. As a Special Correspondent at BGR, and part of the first editorial team, Josh covers press conferences, trade shows and other events around the world. An expert in all things mobile, Josh has more than eighteen years of experience covering the wireless industry.
