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Verizon has 65.7 million customers and during the month of February this year they’ve managed to send 20 billion text messages. That’s almost 305 SMS sent per user on average. Last year in June, somewhat smaller Verizon’s customer base (they did grow in the meantime) sent more than 10 billion text messages.
Commenting on the release, Verizon Wireless’ CMO said Mike Lanman: “The volume of text messages being sent and received by Verizon Wireless customers is growing exponentially. Whether it’s sports scores, news updates, the latest weather forecast, or the ‘joke of the day’, text messages are a tremendous way for anyone to stay on top of what’s happening in the world.”
“Not to mention all of the parents — and grandparents — keeping up with their kids, or kids texting each other throughout the day, text messaging is becoming an increasingly important way to communicate for people of all ages,” Lanman added.
Full “Verizon users sent 20 billion SMS in February” release is on PRNewswire.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
