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Articles tagged with: Text Messages and Mobile Data Association
Charity Text Messages to be Tax Free in the UK
Premium rate text messages sent in the UK as a way of donating to charities will no longer be subjected to a sales tax, under a deal agreed by the Mobile Data Association. The new framework means charities of all sizes will be able to receive an additional 15% (standard rate of VAT) for donations sent via text message. In the past this has only happened for large national charitable events such as Comic Relief. more
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6.5 Billion SMS's Sent Every Month in the UK
The UK's Mobile Data Association (MDA) has reported that new devices and an ever growing variety of mobile applications have driven overall mobile data growth figures in 2008. SMS growth continues to astound while MMS shows an increasing level of growth. Consumer awareness, the fact that nearly all phones now come ready configured to work with MMS and attractive tariff bundles from the Mobile Network Operators helps fuel this growth. more
Related Tags: intel, mms, sms, mobile-data, text-messaging, gps, mobile-internet, email, UK
UK Sees 25% Jump in Mobile Internet Use Over Past 12 Months
The UK based Mobile Data Association (MDA) has published its latest quarterly data report on mobile phone usage across the UK. The report covers activity from January - May 2008 for Text Messaging (SMS), Mobile Internet (MI) and Picture and Video Messaging (MMS) and identifies new trends in the way people are increasingly relying on their mobile phones. more
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Brits Sent Over 4 Billion SMSs in December
The UK text messaging total broke through the 4 billion barrier for the first time during December 2006, according to figures announced today by the Mobile Data Association (MDA). December's remarkable total of 4.3 billion takes the overall figure for 2006 to 41.8 billion, surpassing the MDA's prediction of 40 billion and giving a daily average for the year of 114 million. more
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UK Text Messaging Target Raised to 40 Billion
Yet another record-breaking month for text messaging in the UK as July saw the total number of text messages sent soar to over 3.5 billion, according to figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA) On average 113 million messages were sent per day throughout last month, and the total is an increase of almost 30% on the total sent during the same period in 2005. more
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England's World Cup Campaign encouraged fans to notch up record figures for text messaging last month. Figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA) show that 112 million SMS's were sent on average per day throughout June, with the total monthly figure topping 3.37 billion. Person-to-person texts sent across the UK GSM network operators last month show an increase of almost 30% on the total sent during the same period in 2005. In the first six months of 2006 over 18 billion person-to-person text messages were sent in the UK, well on the way to the MDA's annual forecast of 36.5 billion. more
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