| Colorado, home of the Rocky Mountains and | | | | U.S. Census. At the same time, the number of |
| winter playground to millions of people every | | | | cellular phone service subscribers in Colorado was |
| year, is also the home of millions of cellular phone | | | | 1,654,989, so that 38 percent of the population of |
| service subscribers; as it has been for many | | | | that state was already subscribing to some form |
| years now. Though known most commonly for | | | | of mobile phone service. |
| its ski hills and snowboarding runs, Colorado's | | | | Six years later, the population of the state had |
| economy is made up a great deal from other | | | | risen by 10.5 percent to 4,753,377, and the |
| sectors as well, such as a high concentration of | | | | number of cellular phone service subscribers had |
| high-technology and scientific research industries. | | | | risen by over 51 percent to 3,442,153. Therefore, |
| Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why the | | | | in 2006, 72 percent of the population of Colorado |
| cellular phone has become such an integral part of | | | | was subscribing to cell phone service. |
| Colorado's culture, especially in its three largest | | | | Although cell phone communication continues to |
| cities, Denver, Colorado Springs, and Aurora, | | | | play an important role in Colorado, especially in its |
| where the high tech industries are most prolific. | | | | largest cities - Denver, Aurora, and Colorado |
| Not only is cell phone use important and popular | | | | Springs - Colorado has yet to create a state-wide |
| today, but it has been since the beginning of the | | | | cell phone number directory that can be searched |
| millennium. In the year 2000, the population of the | | | | by people who need to reach others through their |
| state of Colorado was 4,301,261, according to the | | | | cell phones. |