Brits Hooked On Text Messages

Wed, 07 Nov 2007

Mobile users in the UK are sending around 1.2 billion text messages per week, a 25 per cent rise from 2006, according to new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).

The MDA said British texters sent nearly 5 billion messages during September from 69 million registered handsets - five times more than in the whole of 1999.

Mike Short, the MDA’s Chairman, said more businesses were turning to mobiles while the cost of messaging was ever-reducing.

"The UK text volumes show no real signs of abating and the UK sits within the top six of the global league of countries sending text messages," Short said in a statement .

"While the trend towards operators offering 'all-you-can-eat' tariffs increases, this will act as a catalyst for consumers' passion for all things mobile," he added.

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