WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Verizon announced Q2 earnings which increased 12% with substantial data growth up 45.3% over last year. Revenues reached $1.88 Billion.

 Retail data customers in June totaled 49.6 million-boosting revenue by $2.6 billion. Other interesting facts about Verizon in Q2:

• 70 billion text messages were sent
• 1.4 billion picture/video messages were sent
• 36.5 million music and video downloads
• 60 percent of its customers have 3G broadband-capable devices
• Overall subscribers reached 68.7 million