Filipinos sent 1 billion text messages daily in 2007

Posted by masseur
Reuters

MANILA (Reuters) - Filipinos doubled the number of text messages they sent last year to an average of 1 billion daily, industry data showed on Tuesday.

The Philippines is one of the prolific text messaging centers of the world with even the central bank governor sending monetary policy statements via mobile phone and an increasing number of consumers using their handsets for banking and bill payments.

Posted by ph03n!x
i guess thtz coz they have a pretty high call cost, but free testing in their pay-as-u-go connections...!