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18,900,000,000
18,900,000,000 -- sms messages sent for China mobile phone users (2001)
China's mobile phone users sent 18.9 billion text messages (SMS) in 2001.
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18,900,000,000
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Count
Data Vintage
2001
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B
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95
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
China Ministry of Information Industry
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Tier A
http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2003/10/002036.htm ↗
Source Article
One out of three SMS sent in the world is in Chinese
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China Ministry of Information Industry
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China mobile phone users: 18,900,000,000 sms messages sent. Source: China Ministry of Information Industry (2001). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/china-sms-volume-2001
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