Text Messaging Use in South Carolina Soars By Nearly 500 Percent
Posted on: Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 15:01 CDT
GREENVILLE, S.C., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 "Big City Wireless Use Study," commissioned by Verizon Wireless, reveals that there is exponential growth in text messaging in South Carolina and across the South area. The study showed an increase in text messaging among the company's South Carolina customers by nearly 500 percent in 24 months (April 2006 to April 2008), making the Palmetto State among the most text-savvy states in the South.
The study revealed that Verizon Wireless customers in Greenville earned the number one spot in the state as the "textiest city" with customers sending and receiving over 116 million text messages in April of 2008, compared to almost 19 million texts sent and received in April of 2006.
Text message use in the US has increased significantly over the years. In fact, according to a CTIA-The Wireless Association(R) evaluation, text message sending and receiving jumped from 14.4 million in 2000 to 48.1 billion in 2007.
Because of the incredible growth of text messaging across the US, Verizon Wireless recently decided to evaluate customer texting habits in the Southeastern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia over a 24-month period. Texting use is highlighted in several South Carolina cities below:
South Number of Text Messages South Number of Text Messages Carolina Sent and Received Carolina Sent and Received City City April 2006 April 2008 April 2006 April 2008 Anderson 4,049,746 25,071,855 Greenville 18,940,327 116,337,769 Bluffton 1,201,672 7,415,188 Greenwood 5,399,356 27,274,291 Calhoun 2,461,166 11,315,133 Lancaster 2,911,462 17,395,918 Charleston 5,743,749 31,698,177 Myrtle Beach 869,369 6,052,970 Cherokee 2,197,220 11,153,016 Oconee County 1,169,231 7,695,988 Columbia 10,466,816 59,005,549 Sumter 795,009 4,228,361 Florence 2,395,952 12,209,855
"The Big City Wireless Use study allows our customers in South Carolina to get a true idea of how often they use their cell phones and wireless devices to do much more than simply place a phone call," said Jerry Fountain, Verizon Wireless president for the Carolinas/Tennessee region. "Text messaging is a quick and easy way to communicate information efficiently to family and friends, and people are realizing the benefits of adopting this form of communication."
Verizon Wireless customers have a wide range of texting plans available to them, on both Individual and FamilyShare plans. Basic messaging services start at $0.20 for messages sent and received, or customers can opt for bundle plans. For $5 a month, customers get 200 text messages to use with any wireless customer, and for $20 a month, customers can send and receive 5,000 messages per month. Verizon Wireless prepay customers can get unlimited text, picture and video messaging to Verizon Wireless customers nationwide, plus an additional 250 text, picture and video messages each month for $10 a month. To complement each individual's texting plan, customers now have more options on text-friendly phones such as the new Samsung Gleam, Samsung Glyde, LG enV2, LG Decoy, LG Dare or Voyager by LG.
For more information about text messaging products and services, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/ and http://www.vtext.com/.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 68.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 70,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
Verizon Wireless
CONTACT: Carly Culbertson of Verizon Wireless, +1-864-987-2006,Carolyn.Culbertson@verizonwireless.com
Web site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimediahttp://www.vtext.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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