Via ARS Technica
By David Chartier | Published: September 05, 2008 – 12:50PM CT
For those still on the fence about 3G in the US or convinced that it’s just a fad, a new report shows that 3G device growth is very healthy and has even exploded in the past year. In fact, the US has just overtaken Western Europe (by a hair) in terms of overall 3G device adoption. According to data in a year-long comScore survey of mobile subscribers, the total number of US mobile phone subscribers with a 3G device has leapt from 35 million in June 2007 to over 64 million this year. That’s an 80 percent growth in 3G devices, beating the European adoption of 46 percent from 43 to 63 million in the same time span.
