Fed: SMS popular during festive season

AAP General News (Australia)
12-30-2001
Fed: SMS popular during festive season

Christmas mobile phone calls and text messages have broken a record this year, with
11 million conversations and nine million SMS messages in two days.

The calls and messages recorded on Telstra mobile phones recorded a 30 per cent rise
on last Christmas eve and Christmas Day.

Telstra spokeswoman CATHERINE PAYNE says on Christmas Day alone, 5.8 million SMS messages
were sent.

Telstra customers sent almost three million SMS messages last new year's eve and 2.6
million on new year's day.

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