04 Oct 04

UK Text Message Volume +29% To 2.2 Billion In August - MDA

The volume of person-to-person text messages sent in August in the U.K. rose 29% on the year to 2.2 billion, according to data released by the Mobile Data Association Wednesday.

The MDA said on average, 71 million texts were sent a day in the U.K. in August compared with 55 million a year earlier. Over the summer period, 6.5 billion text messages were sent.

The MDA said 79 million texts were sent Aug. 26th after U.K. exam results were published.