1,492,400,769 text messages sent a week in the UK

The Mobile Data Association have just released their latest figures and whooooaaahhh we’re sending an awful lot of text messages. Nearly 1.5 billion between January and May in the UK. It’s also encouraging to see that more than 10 million pictures and video messaging were sent per week.

Key findings
Text Messaging – Number of person to person text messages sent in the UK:
Per month: 6,467,070,000
Per week: 1,492,400,769
Per day: 212,616,000
25% Growth Quarter on Quarter (Q4 2007- Q2 2008)
30% Growth Year on Year (May 2007 to May 2008)

Picture and Video messaging (MMS) – Number of person to person MMS messages sent in the UK:
Per month: 46,516,405 (During May 2008)
Per week: 10,734,555
Per day: 1,529,306
MMS has seen a 30% year on year growth

Mobile Internet – Number of unique visitors accessing the Internet from their mobile phone:
May 2006: 13,140,000.00
May 2008: 16,425,000.00
Mobile Internet usage has grown 25% in the past two years.

Read the full story over at ITPro.