• November 20, 2007

Revenue from U.S. mobile data services hit $6.4 billion in the third quarter--up 9.4 percent from the previous quarter, according to mobile advisory firm Chetan Sharma Consulting.

For the first nine months of 2007, mobile data revenues reached $17.7 billion, increasing 59% from the year-earlier period. Verizon led the way with $5.4 billion in mobile data sales, followed by AT&T with $4.95 billion, and Sprint at $3.7 billion. The majority of data revenues came from non-messaging applications such as mobile music and video services.

--Mark Walsh