UK Users Sent 99 Million Text Messages Daily In February

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The Mobile Data Association Monday said 2.7 billion texts were sent by UK mobile phone users during Feburary, an increase of 26% from the same period a year earlier.

U.K. mobile phone users sent, on average, 99 million text messages a day over the course of the month, the MDA said. It added that 120 million text messages were sent on Valentine's Day, compared to around 10 million cards.

A total of 32 billion texts were sent within the U.K. over 2005, in line with MDA forecasts. It predicts 36.5 billion texts will be send in 2006.

Mobile Data Association Web site: http://www.text.it

-By Nic Fildes, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9264; nicolas.fildes@dowjones.com

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Posted to the site on 27th March 2006