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150,000,000,000
150,000,000,000 -- sms messages sent for UK mobile users (2011)
According to Ofcom statistics, 150 billion text messages were exchanged by mobile users in 2011.
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150,000,000,000
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Count
Data Vintage
2011
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ofcom
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Tier B
http://360.advertisingweek.com/25-years-since-first-text-message-sent-arent-feeling-old/ ↗
Source Article
It's Been 25 Years Since the First Text Message Was Sent and We Aren't Feeling Old at All
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Ofcom
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Methodology
Ofcom statistics; baseline for SMS volume decline cited in article
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Industrymarketing
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UK mobile users: 150,000,000,000 sms messages sent. Source: Ofcom (2011). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-sms-volume-2011
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-sms-volume-2011" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>150,000,000,000</strong> -- sms messages sent for UK mobile users<br><small>Source: Ofcom (2011) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-sms-volume-2011" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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