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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

US: 13-17 year olds average 1742 texts/mo

The New York Post story of a girl who ran up 14,528 text messages in one month notes that: "The average number of monthly texts for a 13- to 17-year-old teen is 1,742, according to a Nielsen study of cellphone usage."

On the subject of facts and figures, 160Characters report on text figures around the world for new year: "In the UK O2 announced a record 166 million messages were sent over its network in a 24-hour period ending at 7.30 am on New Year’s Day 2009, an average of 1,900 messages sent every second."