July 25, 2005
The Philippines - still world's text capital
The Philippines has remained the world's texting capital due to the magnitude of the volume of short messaging system or SMS the country churns out everyday, according to Swedish telecom provider Ericsson, reports inq7money.
"The Philippines still holds the world record when it comes to texting. Asia in general generates quite a large volume of SMS," said Ericsson president for Southeast Asia Jan Signell.
Telecom executives estimate that about 200,000 text messages are sent daily in the Philippines. Operators charge an average of one peso for each SMS.
The visiting Ericsson executive said the Philippines made a mark globally because of its prevalent use of text messaging that allowed local operators to make a lot of money even if the average revenue for each user was lower compared to other countries."
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