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| |  | Some further facts about SMS | - GCSE results - 79 million text messages were sent throughout the UK on 26th August 2004
- A-Level results - 67 million text messages were sent throughout the UK on 14th August 2003. On August 19th 2004, the day last year's A-level results were announced, 81 million messages were sent.
- 94% of 18-24 year olds send personal texts (MDA Professional text messaging report 2003)
- 34% of those aged between 18-24 send 36 or more messages a week (MDA Professional text messaging report 2003)
- Over 70% of mobile phone users send text messages
- 95% of all text messages are delivered within 10 seconds
- The Mobile Data Association predicts that 30 billion text messages will be sent during 2005
- On New Year's Day 2005, the highest daily total ever recorded by the Mobile Data Association was reached, when 133 million messages were sent
- 65 million text messages were sent throughout the UK on the last day of the 2002/3 Premiership (11th May 2003)
- On average, 3 million messages are sent every hour in Britain.
- UK text message figures for January 2005 topped 2.5 billion, with 2.4 billion sent in December 2004 and 2.2 billion for November 2004
- 50% of women use text messaging as a way of keeping in contact with friends and family - MDA Mother's Day survey
- 42% of women recognise text as a way of sharing a popular interest with their children -MDA Mother's day survey
- The Rt. Hon Tony Blair MP became the first UK Prime Minister to use text message technology to talk directly to the people on 25th November 2004, answering questions submitted in advance by text message from members of the public as well as in real-time in a mobile phone chat-room, transmitted live from No. 10 Downing Street.
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