It’s become the most common form of communication on the planet and the number one occupation of teenagers everywhere. That’s right, I’m talking about text messaging (
SMS) which, quite often, is the best way to send someone a short message without getting trapped talking on the phone for ages. Whether it’s keeping in touch with friends and relatives in other countries or texting your partner to request a takeaway, it’s hard to find someone these days who doesn’t know what texting is or who has never done it before.
Our infographic today comes courtesy of MBNA via
www.smart-comms.co.uk. Find out the total number of texters in comparison to the world population or the number of Facebook users. Find out the influence mobile phones have on their users and how text messaging has been used for good causes in different countries.
Are you an obsessed texter? If so, how many do you send per day/week/month? Would you rather text than talk to someone? And do you know of any good causes that texting has been used for? Let us know in the comments! If you are on the opposite side of the argument and you HATE texting, then don’t hesitate to tell us why in the comments too!
There are 4.2 BILLION Texters in the World - Thats 3 out of every 5 humans on Earth.
4.2 Billion … Thats More Than the entire population of the World in 1975
4.2 Billion … Thats more than 5 times the number of Facebook members
4.2 Billion … Thats 4 times the number of monthly Google users
TEXTING IS THE NUMBER ONE MOST USED DATA SERVICE IN THE WORLD
In 2010 6.1 TRILLION texts were sent Worldwide
6.1 Trillion texts a year equates to 193,430 textes sent per second
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
2 in 3 People Have Mobile Phone Subscriptions & 48 Million people have a mobile phone even though they don't have electricity in their home (often charging their mobile via car batteries)
BY 2012 1.7 Billion people will have mobile phones, but not have a bank account
In Ghana & Nigeria 1 in 4 medicinal pills sold are counterfeit. HP developed a system where they can text a code on the medicine wrapper that tells then that the pills are either genuine or fake.
In The Philippines 87% of people prefer to communicate with the Government by text message so they have set up special text lines to all the major Government agencies.
1 in 3 families in Kenya use the M-Pesa Mobile banking service, allowing them to transfer, receive and pay bills via text message.
Quite incredible information really - And at www.smart-comms.co.uk we give away our texts for free on great value monthly contracts starting at just £10 a month - 01452 527800 for more details.
