Report: 6.1 Trillion Text Messages Sent in 2010
Report: 6.1 Trillion Text Messages Sent in 2010
Posted 10/20/2010 at 4:57am
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According to a new study from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), 6.1 trillion text messages will fly through the air by the end of 2010. That means for every second that goes by, another 200,000 text messages will have changed hands.
With that many texts going back and forth, it's a little depressing to think that, according to our rough estimate, 6.0 trillion will be of the "C u l8r 2nite" variety, but that's a rant deserving of its own post. Getting back to ITU's figures, the firm says that 90 percent of the world's population now own a mobile phone, and by the end of 2010, there will be 5.3 billion mobile phone subscriptions.
Still jonesing for mobile figures? ITU counted over 940 million 3G subscriptions around the world, compared to 72 million back in 2006.
Read the full report here.
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Lhot
October 20, 2010 at 5:47am
....how anyone thinks texting is easier, quicker or more convenient and personal than voice communications. Unless of course...you happen to be in a board meeting or at Church.
With voice you get so much more....like tone of voice of the person you are talking to, and can convey so much more information in the same time. Maybe I'm just old fashioned :)
carnivorousslushee23
October 20, 2010 at 6:03am
I agree with you; I hate texting and vastly prefer talking because it's just easier, especially when your phone has an onscreen keyboard instead of a physical one. But they probably do it because it doesn't require face-to-face contact, which makes it easier to carefully choose your words. And it also makes it a lot easier to lie, because it's harder to do that when you're actually talking with someone and they can hear your voice. And, of course, those ridiculous abbreviations they use. Texting never ceases to make me feel ashamed to be part of this generation, although I will allow that it does have a few advantages, none of which I care for.
Gordon should definitely write an uncensored rant on this subject (preferably a page or two) and post it up. That would make my day.
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