Mobile phone users sending 217 million texts per day
A recent study has revealed that mobile phone users in the UK are sending a staggering 217 million text messages per day, adding up to 72.9 billion messages a year.
Despite multimedia messages not even being available on the iPhone the number of MMS messages is rising quickly with 1.5 million being sent every day.
Internet use is on the increase as well with 16.9 million people in the UK using their phones to access the Internet in September alone.
Steve Reynolds, chairman of the Mobile Data Association commented : “The mobile landscape is constantly evolving. New mobile phones, with easy to use software and creative tariffs from the mobile networks, are encouraging people of all ages to use more of their functionality. The mobile phone has evolved far beyond simple voice and text messaging: it sits at the centre of our lives at home and at work.”
The study was carried out by tracking text messages from July to September and the rise is being attributed to the number of operators offering cheap text message bundles with new contracts.
Despite multimedia messages not even being available on the iPhone the number of MMS messages is rising quickly with 1.5 million being sent every day.
Internet use is on the increase as well with 16.9 million people in the UK using their phones to access the Internet in September alone.
Steve Reynolds, chairman of the Mobile Data Association commented : “The mobile landscape is constantly evolving. New mobile phones, with easy to use software and creative tariffs from the mobile networks, are encouraging people of all ages to use more of their functionality. The mobile phone has evolved far beyond simple voice and text messaging: it sits at the centre of our lives at home and at work.”
The study was carried out by tracking text messages from July to September and the rise is being attributed to the number of operators offering cheap text message bundles with new contracts.
Steve Reynolds, chairman of the Mobile Data Association commented : “The mobile landscape is constantly evolving. New mobile phones, with easy to use software and creative tariffs from the mobile networks, are encouraging people of all ages to use more of their functionality. The mobile phone has evolved far beyond simple voice and text messaging: it sits at the centre of our lives at home and at work.”
The study was carried out by tracking text messages from July to September and the rise is being attributed to the number of operators offering cheap text message bundles with new contracts.
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