Healthcare
Remote patient monitoring will save $27 billion by 2018
CTIA, Wireless 101: What is the Internet of Things?, September 2015,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MZVjjuLKw
Telemedicine use rates in 2013 and 2018
IHS Markit, Global Telehealth Market Set to Expand Tenfold by 2018, January 2014,
http://news.ihsmarkit.com/press-release/design-supply-chain-media/global-telehealth-market-set-expand-tenfold-2018
93% of physicians believe mobile health apps can improve a patient’s health
eClinicalWorks, eClinicalWorks Invests $25 Million in Patient Engagement, February 2013,
https://www.eclinicalworks.com/pr-eclinicalworks-invests-25-million/
Public Safety
80% of 9-1-1 calls are from mobile devices
National Emergency Number Association, 9-1-1 Statistics, December 2017,
https://www.nena.org/?page=911Statistics
60 second faster response leads to 8% reduction in mortality
CTIA, Deloitte Wireless Innovation: Public Safety, May 2017,
https://www.ctia.org/industry-data/facts-and-infographics-details/fact-and-infographics/deloitte-wireless-innovation-public-safety
Enhanced 9-1-1 required by federal law and location accuracy
Federal Communications Commission, 911 and E911 Services, October 2017,
https://www.fcc.gov/general/9-1-1-and-e9-1-1-services
Transportation
Rideshare industry projected growth
MarketWatch, Ride-hailing industry expected to grow eightfold to $285 billion by 2030, May 2017
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ride-hailing-industry-expected-to-grow-eightfold-to-285-billion-by-2030-2017-05-24
Smart parking cuts traffic by 10%
CTIA, Wireless 101: What is the Internet of Things?, September 2015,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MZVjjuLKw
Self-driving cars could save 20,000 lives and $450 billion
Eno Center for Transportation, Preparing a Nation for Autonomous Vehicles: Opportunities, Barriers and Policy Recommendations, October 2013,
https://www.enotrans.org/etl-material/preparing-a-nation-for-autonomous-vehicles-opportunities-barriers-and-policy-recommendations/
Future Cities
Remote water monitoring can save 270 million gallons of water per day
CTIA, Wireless 101: What is the Internet of Things?, September 2015,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MZVjjuLKw
Smart parking cuts traffic by 10%
CTIA, Wireless 101: What is the Internet of Things?, September 2015,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MZVjjuLKw
Social Justice
80% of job seekers say they used online information
Pew Research Center, Searching for Work in the Digital Era, November 2015,
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/11/19/1-the-internet-and-job-seeking/
Low-income Americansare more likely to rely on cellular data for critical life functions
Pew Research Center, U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015, April 2015,
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/01/us-smartphone-use-in-2015/Smartphone-only internet access
Growing share of low-income Americans access the internet with smartphones
Pew Research Center, Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption, March 2017,
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-lower-income-americans-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/
Mobile Data vs. Broadband Adoption
Pew Research Center, U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015, April 2015,
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/01/us-smartphone-use-in-2015/Smartphone-only internet access
Students subjected to the “homework gap”
Pew Research Center, The numbers behind the broadband ‘homework gap’, April 2015,
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/the-numbers-behind-the-broadband-homework-gap/
Huffington Post, Bridging the Homework Gap, June 2016
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-rosenworcel/bridging-the-homework-gap_b_7590042.html
Business
Smartphone retail mobile transactions grew 30% year-over-year
Criteo, Mobile Commerce at its Tipping Point: Criteo Research Reveals Mobile Dominates Path to Purchase Through Holidays and Beyond, September 2016,
https://www.criteo.com/news/press-releases/2016/09/mobile-commerce-at-its-tipping-point-criteo-research-reveals-mobile-dominates-path-to-purchase-through-holidays-and-beyond/
70% of all mobile transactions are retail purchases from smartphones
Statista, Distribution of mobile retail transactions in the United States from 4th quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2016, by device, September 2016
https://www.statista.com/statistics/238785/us-smartphone-commerce-volume/
80 percent increase in mobile retail transactions
Criteo, State of Mobile Commerce, September 2016
http://www.criteo.com/media/5333/criteo-mobilecommercereport-h12016-us.pdf
43% of Americans spend at least some time working remotely
Gallup, State of the American Workplace, February 2017
http://news.gallup.com/reports/199961/7.aspx
Irwin Jacobs quote
Qualcomm, Modernizing Education and Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce through Mobile Technology, October 2013,
http://i4j.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/i4j-Qualcomm-_-Jacobs-Modernizing-Education-and-Preparing-Tomorrow%E2%80%99s-Workforce-through-Mobile-Technology-2.pdf
Wireless industry supports 4.6 million jobs
CTIA, Licensed Spectrum: Creating Jobs, Accessed January 2018,
https://www.ctia.org/industry-data/facts-and-infographics-details/fact-and-infographics/licensed-spectrum-creating-jobs
Global economic impact of Internet of Things
McKinsey Global Institute, Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things, June 2015,
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/the-internet-of-things-the-value-of-digitizing-the-physical-world
Consumers
Four out of five Americans view wireless service as indispensable
CTIA, Wireless Snapshot 2017, May 2017,
https://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ctia-wireless-snapshot.pdf
Streaming video is 78% of the total data used by smartphone owners
The NPD Group, More Than Half of Smartphone Users Stream Video Content on Their Device, October 2017,
https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/2017/more-than-half-of-smartphone-users-stream-video-content-on-their-device/
Americans data traffic increased 35x from 2010
CTIA, Wireless Snapshot 2017, May 2017,
https://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ctia-wireless-snapshot.pdf
Data traffic to increase 5x by 2022
Ericsson, Ericsson Mobility Report, November 2016,
https://www.ericsson.com/assets/local/mobility-report/documents/2016/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2016.pdf