[Air-l] Each Dane sends 102 SMS messages per month

[Sashay]

Howard Rheingold does an excellent overview of the impact of "texting" on
the Japanese and Finnish societies in his book "Smart Mobs". If memory
serves, he cites pricing structure and cellular infrastructure as reasons,
among others, for the slow adoption of texting in North America vis-a-vis
Scandinavia and Asia.

Tamara Paradis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Breindahl" <hitch at hum.ku.dk>
To: <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 3:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Air-l] Each Dane sends 102 SMS messages per month


> Numbers are from the Danish National IT and Telecom Agency,
> http://www.itst.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=tema&objno=95024114. The documents are
> in Danish, I'm afraid. You might send them an email and ask for more
> information.
>
> Danish Computerworld ran a story today where they quote the numbers I
> relayed to the list:
> http://www.computerworld.dk/default.asp?Mode=2&ArticleID=25345 - also in
> Danish. Computerworld also refers to a German report, which puts the Danes
> ahead of all other European nations in their use of SMS messaging (no
> reference).
>
> In Computerworld, the head of a Danish cell phone company is quoted as
> saying that his company has had great succes with a cell phone
subscription
> with unlimited SMS. He got the idea for this subscription when he found
out
> that his son sent 1,600 SMS messages per month. Most likely typed with the
> thumbs...
>
> I am stunned with the SMS numbers from Asia. Any ideas why the difference
is
> so big?
>
> Best,
> Charlie
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
> > [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf
> > Of St-Amant, Kirk
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:14 PM
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Subject: RE: [Air-l] Each Dane sends 102 SMS messages per month
> >
> > Charlie and Merlyna,
> >
> > These are fascinating numbers; what are the sources of these
> > statistics (for those of us who'd like to cite them in future
> > research)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kirk
>
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