UK phone users send 217 million text per day, says study
Britons are sending an average of 60 million more text messages per day from their mobile phones than they did this time last year, according to the latest industry figures.
That equates to roughly 217 million messages per day, and more than 6.5 billion texts per month, says the report by the Mobile Data Association. In addition, British mobile phone users send almost 1.5 million picture and video-based text messages every day, an increase of 20 per cent on the same period in 2007.
The Mobile Data Association, which represents the mobile telecoms industry, tracked the volume and type of messages sent between July and September this year. It said that the huge increase in the number of messages being sent was fueled in part by the inexpensive text message bundles now offered by most network providers.
advertisement"The mobile landscape is constantly evolving," said Steve Reynolds, chairman of the Mobile Data Association. "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."
In September, more than 16.9 million people in the UK used their phones to get online, says the Mobile Data Association. That is just down on the 17.1 million people who accessed the mobile web in August, many of whom used their phones to get the latest sports news and results from the Olympic Games in Beijing.
A slew of new devices, such as Apple's iPhone, the BlackBerry Bold and the fortchoming "Google phone", the T-Mobile G1, have all placed a big emphasis on mobile web browsing, prompting more people than ever to access the internet on the go.
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That equates to roughly 217 million messages per day, and more than 6.5 billion texts per month, says the report by the Mobile Data Association. In addition, British mobile phone users send almost 1.5 million picture and video-based text messages every day, an increase of 20 per cent on the same period in 2007.
The Mobile Data Association, which represents the mobile telecoms industry, tracked the volume and type of messages sent between July and September this year. It said that the huge increase in the number of messages being sent was fueled in part by the inexpensive text message bundles now offered by most network providers.
advertisement"The mobile landscape is constantly evolving," said Steve Reynolds, chairman of the Mobile Data Association. "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."
In September, more than 16.9 million people in the UK used their phones to get online, says the Mobile Data Association. That is just down on the 17.1 million people who accessed the mobile web in August, many of whom used their phones to get the latest sports news and results from the Olympic Games in Beijing.
A slew of new devices, such as Apple's iPhone, the BlackBerry Bold and the fortchoming "Google phone", the T-Mobile G1, have all placed a big emphasis on mobile web browsing, prompting more people than ever to access the internet on the go.
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