China goes text message crazy over Lunar New Year

From Channel NewsAsia: China goes text message crazy over Lunar New Year

"According to Beijing Mobile, it handled more than one billion outgoing short messages on Tuesday's Lunar New Year's Eve alone. Xinhua news agency Thursday estimated that more than 10 billion text messages would be sent over the week-long holidays that end on February 16, up 200 million from last year. ... Short message service (SMS) has become a major industry in the world's most populous country with more than 330 million mobile phones users sending 217.7 billion text messages last year, Xinhua said." Read more