Text messaging overtakes mobile voice calls.

It was bound to happen sooner or later. "Text Me" is the new "Call Me" according to latest media surveys. Nielsen and e-Marketer report: The average mobile subscriber in the US sent and received more SMS text messages than mobile telephone calls during Q2 2008, according to Nielsen. This was the second consecutive quarter in which the average number of text messages was significantly higher than the average number of phone calls. -end-