Articles tagged with: Nielsen and Text Messages

Californian Girl Sent Over 14,500 Text Messages in December

A 13-year old girl in California sent 484 text messages every day in December - an average of one message every 2 minutes during the waking hours. The father, Greg Hardesty told the New York Post his 440-page mobile phone bill revealed his daughter Reina had sent an astonishing 14,528 text messages.  more

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Texting More Popular than Voice Calls in the USA

The nielsen Company says that the typical U.S. mobile subscriber now sends and receives more SMS text messages than they do mobile telephone calls.  more

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Nearly Half of US Kids Own a Mobile Phone - report

The nielsen Company published the findings from its newly launched Mobile Kids Insights, a report profiling the mobile activities and preferences of U.S. "tweens" (ages 8-12) - a population segment of 20 million young consumers who represent a significant opportunity in the competitive mobile marketplace.  more

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9 Million US Mobile Users Have Used Their Mobile Phone to Pay for Goods or Services

Commerce over mobile devices such as cell phones is accelerating in the US, according to data released by The nielsen Company. Already, 9 million US mobile subscribers say they have used their mobile phone to pay for goods or services, and half of all data users (49%) say they expect to participate in mobile commerce in the future.  more

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