comScore Reports October 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share
*Smartphones Now Used by 1 in 4 U.S. Mobile Subscribers*
RESTON, VA, December 3, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data 
from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending October 2010. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to their share of current mobile subscribers ages 13 and older, and reviewed the most popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber’s primary mobile phone. The October report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.2 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 35.8 percent market share. (more…)