Pakistan Turns To SMS For News

Text messgaing and the internet have once again taken off as a way to share news with the closure of the TV news following the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan. 160characters.org reports.

"... Bloggers report that Saturday 3rd November saw the highest ever number of SMS sent with an average of 10 text messages being sent across the networks per subscriber."

emily | 8:19 AM | SMS and Politics |
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