The UK text messaging total broke through the 4 billion barrier for the first time during December 2006.
December’s total of 4.3 billion takes the overall figure for 2006 to 41.8 billion (issued by the MDA), surpasses their prediction 40 billion text messages. Before to December 2006, the highest recorded SMS total was for 3.8 billion for October 2006
Person-to-person texts sent across the UK networks throughout December of the year show a growth of 38% on the 2005 figure of 3.1 billion, and represent an average of 138 million messages per day. On Christmas Day this leapt to 205 million texts, an average of 8 million per hour, with the figure for New Year’s Day 2007 even higher reaching a record breaking 214 million, the highest daily total ever recorded by the MDA.
When compared to the mere 42 million messages sent per day five years ago throughout December 2001, it becomes clear just how far the UK has come in embracing text messaging technology which has emerged from a popular craze to becoming an essential communication tool, inclusive to all age groups. The forecast is that figures will continue to rise this year to a total of 45 billion text messages for 2007, with an average of 3.75 billion messages being sent per month and 123 million messages per day.
The prediction is also for a similar growth in business text messaging. Although not measured in the same way, web-based text messaging systems such as txt4ever.com have shown a rise in volumes throughout the year.
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