Half of U.S. Mobile Users Buy Mobile Broadband, Parks Associates Says

"Almost 50 percent of U.S. mobile phone users pay for mobile Internet access, according to Parks Associates. Some 95 percent pay for SMS, 92 percent pay for Internet access, 83 percent pay for mobile email, 63 percent pay for mobile navigation, and 43 percent pay for mobile video.

Parks Associates reports almost 50% of U.S. mobile phone users pay for Internet; global data revenues to reach $500 billion by 2015