179 Billion Messages Globally and Growing

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In the first half of the year, VeriSign said it delivered a record 179 billion messages globally. They also delivered a record 94.8 billion mobile messages (SMS, MMS, A2P) worldwide in the second quarter, up more than 82% from the same quarter a year ago.

To put this into perspective,
that equates to 26 messages for every person
on the planet (6.7 billion).

Mind-boggling.

Read more about it here.