Saturday, November 26, 2011

In U.S., SMS Text Messaging Tops Mobile Phone Calling

The representative U.S. movable subscriber sends and receives more SMS wording messages than phone calls, consistent with investigating released Monday prep Nielsen Mobile. 

During the flash fourth of 2008, a representative U.S. non-stationary subscriber placed or received 204 phone calls each month.  In contrasting, the mean non-stationary buyer sent or received 357 words messages per month — a 450% grow above the numeral of content messages circulated monthly during the exact (same) term in 2006.

U.S. teens (ages 13 to 17) had the highest levels of wording messaging in Q2 2008, sending and receiving an mean of 1,742 words messages per month.  In contrast, teens took piece in an mean of 231 non-stationary phone calls per month, during the identical period term.

Nielsen tracks billing action because of an opt-in panel of more than 50,000 alone likely, postpaid U.S. unstationary lines across the apex four carriers, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.

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