Canadian Teen Cell Phone Usage

Check out this article from the Sudbury Star about teen cell phone usage in Canada. Here are some quick stats that Marko posted on his blog. There is some other interesting facts found on Ypulse as well

Young people ages 13 to 24 are the largest group of wireless phone users in Canada, according to statistics gathered by Decima Research.
Not every teen owns a cell, but 52 per cent of Canadian teens do have their own phone, according to research by Trendscan.
Teens spent 10 per cent less on clothing last year, allocating money to their cells, a NPD Group study reported.
More cellphone chatting and text messaging has meant fewer teens using online chat rooms, according to a study by Mobile Youth. Only 27 per cent now use Internet access to chat, down from a high of 75 per cent in 1999. Also 93 per cent of those surveyed now use text messaging every day . About three per cent send more than 40 messages a day.