Is it 70 million, 150 million, 500 million? No, no and no, the actual figure stands at a staggering 1 billion texts per week, which according to the MDA (Mobile Data Association) is 25 percent higher than a year ago and equal to the entire number of texts sent during 1999.
Speaking to the BBC, head of the MDA Mike Short said that one of the reasons for the dramatic increase is that business are increasingly communicating via the medium of text.
It’s a lot more convenient for a business now to notify lots of their employees about an urgent message using a text message.
Apparently this puts the UK in the top six nations in terms of number of texts sent per year. Now that is some serious thumb power.
(Via BBC)
