NUMBERS CRUNCHED

3.6 million
Number of jobs directly or indirectly dependent upon the wireless industry in 2004

3 million
Number of new jobs the wireless industry is expected to create over the next 10 years

$92 billion
Amount of money the wireless industry contributed to the gross domestic product of the U.S. in 2004

$450 billion
Amount of cumulative additional money the wireless industry is expected to contribute to the U.S. GDP over the next 10 years

$125
Approximately what a U.S. consumer spending $54 per month on wireless services would pay for the same services in a European Union country

Source: Ovum and Indepen, in a recent study commissioned by the CTIA