UK. Texting and data dominate phone use

The latest data on mobile phone use in the UK has revealed a huge spike in text messaging and data-based communications, often at the expense of the conventional phone calls. ITPro reports.

"Nearly 1.5 billion (1,492,400,769) text messages were sent per week between January and May, 2008, according to the Mobile Data Association. Year-on-year growth for May 2007 to May 2008 was 30 per cent.

More than 10 million pictures and video messaging (MMS) were sent per week."

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