41m texts sent to welcome in 2008

NEW YEAR’S EVE revellers went text-message crazy and sent 41 million messages to welcome in 2008.

Wed, 02 Jan, 2008 - 00:00

Paul Kelly, Consumer Correspondent

Vodafone, the country’s largest mobile phone company, yesterday said its network was the busiest ever as its customers sent about 13.5m texts on December 31.

O2, the second biggest operator, said 12m texts were sent by its customers between 7am on New Year’s Eve and 7am yesterday.

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