Britons sending 1bn texts weekly

Britons are now sending more than one billion text messages per week according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).

The figure is 25% higher than a year ago and is set to shatter forecasts for how many text messages have been sent to and from handsets this year.

That weekly total is the same as the number sent during the whole of 1999.

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Cell Phone being lifted by demand from Asia & Afirca.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Robust demand from emerging markets in Asia and Africa lifted third-quarter sales of all major handset vendors from the previous quarter, with companies expecting another sales boost from holiday shopping ahead.

All handset vendors combined shipped 285 million mobile phones in the July-September quarter, with strong demand in Asia and Africa lifting sales 12 percent from a year ago, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday.

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