Texting volume triples
Local AT&T spokesman Andy Morgan tells me that over the past year, the number of text messages moving over AT&T’s wireless network more than tripled — from 18 billion in the third quarter of 2007 to 55 billion in the third quarter this year. A recent Nielsen study suggests that some U.S. consumers now use their cell phones for text messaging more than they do for talking.
I know one of those consumers.
I recently asked my wife if our teen-age son ever used his telephone to make a call. I know he sends and receives hundreds of messages a week. Perhaps what he needs is a device that does nothing but send and receive text messages. If it’s cheaper, I might buy one.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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