October 8, 2009

USA. 4.1 billion SMS messages are sent daily

According to a CTIA Semi-Annual Wireless Industry Survey, over 740 billion text messages were sent over carrier networks in the US during the first half of 2009. That's 4.1 billion SMS messages being sent daily, which is also nearly twice as many as sent during the same time period last year.

[News release via Mashable]

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