With all mobile carriers wishing they had better wireless data revenue so that they can begin paying for those billion-dollar system upgrades of the last five years, perhaps they are getting fulfilled wishes. Wireless data revenues for 2006 have soared, according to a new CTIA survey.The survey stated that wireless data revenue for the first half of 2006 was $6.5 billion, with SMS and MMS charges leading the way it appears. In June 2006, over 12.5 billion SMS messages were sent/received, and over 1.1 billion MMS messages were sent/received as well. That's in a month's time -- so it's not hard to see where much of these data revenue pieces are coming from.
