304.6 bln SMS Sent in 2005

Chinese cellphone users sent a total of 304.6 billion short messages last year, a 300-fold increase over the figure for 2000, according to the Ministry of Information Industry of China. [via China View]

Other China cell phone facts:

-- Cell phones outnumber PCs in China

-- China tops the world with 376 million mobile phone subscribers

emily | 11:02 AM | Random Stats |
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