Pew Research published report that globally 75% of users text. The same research says that less than half respondents use social networks.
Another source, Mashable, reports there is a trend that texting is declining world wide. The decline of texts during the holidays occurred in various global markets. In Finland, prominent mobile carrier Sonera reported that 8.5 million text messages were sent on Christmas Eve of 2011, down 22% from 10.9 million sent on the same day in 2010. Australia also reported a 9% decrease, as did Hong Kong with a 14% drop in Christmas Day texts.
Another source, Mashable, reports there is a trend that texting is declining world wide. The decline of texts during the holidays occurred in various global markets. In Finland, prominent mobile carrier Sonera reported that 8.5 million text messages were sent on Christmas Eve of 2011, down 22% from 10.9 million sent on the same day in 2010. Australia also reported a 9% decrease, as did Hong Kong with a 14% drop in Christmas Day texts.
The reason is that alternative ways of communicating is emerging: social media and proprietary communicators: such as iMessage, Blackberry messenger.
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