Canadians Expected to Send 225-Million New Year’s Text Messages

4:46 pm on December 22, 2009 | Category: Messaging, Telecom Services, Web Services, Wireless

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Canadians will send some 200 million text messages on Christmas Day and an additional 225 million on New Year’s Eve, according to a forecast released by Virgin Mobile. That compares to approximately 100 million on an average day.

Young adults aged 18-30 are expected to lead the charge, sending an average of eight messages a day this Christmas season.

“Canada’s love affair with text messages is not stopping,” said Chris Baines, head of public relations at Virgin Mobile Canada. “QWERTY style phones have been flying off our shelves like it’s Christmas. Oops, sorry it is! But seriously, sending a text is super easy and super fun, so QWERTY style phones have been at the top of many Canadians’ Christmas wish lists this year.”

Virgin Mobile has offered wireless services in Canada since 2005 and is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Mobility.

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    1. 225,000,000 x $0.15 = $33,750,000

      That’s a crap load of rip off from big 3!

      Comment by tom — December 22, 2009 #

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