UK business text growth ahead of consumer growth for the first time

SMS is establishing itself as a permanent fixture in business communications around the world. Texting is now not something just friends and family do to keep in touch.

According to Mike Grenville for 160characters.org, O2 Business Trending Index finds that;

Business SMS however looks set to show more consistent and steady growth as more and more employees across the UK adopt SMS as a viable communication option.

In 2000, the Mobile Data Association found that 19 million messages were sent daily. In February 2005, that figure had reached an average of 75 million a day, a massive increase that can be attributed in part to increasing take up of SMS for business purposes.