The Mobile Data Association has announced that with the number of SMS messages sent topping 4 billion in December, the UK has seen more than 41.8 billion SMS messages sent during the year.
Person-to-person texts sent across the UK GSM network operators throughout the last month of the year show a growth of 38% on the December 2005 figure of 3.1 billion, and represent an average of 138 million messages per day. On Christmas Day this leapt to 205 million texts, an average of 8 million per hour, with the figure for New Year's Day 2007 even higher reaching a record breaking 214 million, the highest daily total ever recorded by the MDA.
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January 28th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
The SMS is still slowly being adapted in the United States. Compared to countries in Europe and Asia, there are just very few people like to txt using a tiny keypads on a phone. at&t just launched “TXT Bee” campaign to educate parents about text messaging – that’s right, they need to know more about this service because they are the ones that are paying the wireles bills and their kids are the ones using SMS.
February 8th, 2007 at 2:32 am
I think the uptake in SMS (apart from the price) can be accredited to the SMS applications on the phone having have been made it as simple as possible for the end user. Its formula is a simple wizard and people can very quickly use it, even with new phones.
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February 12th, 2007 at 5:31 am
More Than 40 Billion SMS Messages in 2006… and none of them were spelled correctly.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
More than 40 billion SMS messages in 2006? A bit hard to trust…Is it really so?
February 13th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
What ever happened to a good old conversation?
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i just can’t stop laughing. what do you mean “tiny key-pads”? what do you want? a laptop. there are plenty of choices nowadays. for laptops, that is. cell phones are for “quick” communication and accessibility.
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August 31st, 2007 at 7:07 am
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September 21st, 2007 at 7:12 am
Well I am surprised to see this huge number, I don’t like sending SMS, it takes time and I never seem to find right words in a short message. It’s just me?
October 24th, 2007 at 9:23 am
I wonder how much for this year.
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It’s an impressive growth ! From only 12 million SMS sent in 2004, to 18 BILLION in 2005 and over 40 billion in 2006, these numbers began to skyrocket and I don’t think they’ll stop soon .