Average SMS use is increasing for both post-pay and pre-pay users

Average use per mobile connection is lower than average use per person (as shown in the previous chart) as many people use more than one mobile, often having one for work use and another for personal use. The chart below shows that there were increases in mobile messaging use across both pay-monthly and pre-pay users in 2011, with average monthly use per pay-monthly connection growing by 18 messages (11.3%) to 179 per month, and average pre-pay use growing by 21 messages per month (19.0%) to 132 messages per month during the year.

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