[telecom] US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month

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US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month

The third-quarter drop in SMS use was the first ever in the U.S., showing the effects of IP-based messaging systems, a report says

By Stephen Lawson November 12, 2012 Computerworld

IDG News Service - Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter.

It was the first-ever decline for SMS (Short Message System) use in the U.S., according to a report released on Monday by Chetan Sharma Consulting. SMS use and spending may have peaked in the U.S. in the second quarter, the report said.

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