Verizon Users Send 10 Billion SMSs in 1 Month … So?
Here is a textually.org article on Verizon users sending over 10 billion SMS messages in one (1) months time. This is definitely something special for America.
Verizon Wireless customers sent and received more than 10 billion text messages in June 2007, a company record and the highest reported total of any wireless service provider in the nation. Also in June, Verizon Wireless customers sent and received more than 200 million multimedia messages (MMS), which include picture and video messages.
Both monthly figures represent an increase of more than 100 percent from September 2006, when the company broke the five billion monthly text message threshold for the first time.
The Philippines has a little over 40 million mobile phones subscribers who send over 1 billion SMS messages per … wait for it … DAY. That totals to over 30 billion SMS messages in one (1) month. This number even gets higher during holidays and special occasions like Valentines, New Years and Christmas. For these occasions, one operator can send out over one (1) billion SMS messages in one day. So, the Philippines still holds the crown as the SMS capital of the world. Now, if we could only get the 200 million MMS messages in one month 
August 7th, 2007 at 1:19 am
[…] As a backgrounder, Globe did need a rebrand. In my mind they were the first provider of GSM here, but in a good number years SMART has been the leader in providing mobile services with 25 million subscribers and contributing a significant amount of 1 billion text messages being sent in the Philippines a day! […]
August 10th, 2007 at 12:55 am
[…] Verizon gets 10 Billion SMS messages per month. In the Philippines, we get 1 Billion a day. ‘Nuf said. […]