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1,730,000,000

1,730,000,000 -- text messages sent for UK mobile networks (Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Orange) (2003-09)

Name: Text Messages Sent Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-26

2003-09 · Mobile Data Association

The UK's four GSM networks handled 1.73 billion text messages throughout September 2003.

Limited to the four main GSM networks: Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Orange

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Value

1,730,000,000

Unit

Count

Data Vintage

2003-09

Entity

UK mobile networks (Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Orange)

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

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Methodology

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Source

Mobile Data Association Primary Tier B

http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2003/10/ ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2003-09 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Greenpeace Sends Scary Text Message on �Mookia� phone

Original Research

Mobile Data Association · Original study ↗

Methodology

Mobile Data Association figures, cited via Ananova

Methodology documented

Segmentation

Industrymarketing

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UK mobile networks (Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Orange): 1,730,000,000 text messages sent. Source: Mobile Data Association (2003-09). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-text-messages-september-2003

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