Irish prefer to text, not talk

Link: ENN – Ireland’s IT Newswire

According to a recent survey carried out by Irish telecoms regulator ComReg, texting is more popular in the country than phone calls.

The ComReg report, entitled ComReg Trends Survey Wave1, found that the average mobile user make five calls a day but sends seven text messages. Unsurprisingly, younger users are more prone to sending texts with the report finding that those in the 15-24 age group were the most prolific senders of text messages, averaging over eight per day. Men appear to be more talkative than women, based on the survey’s findings, as their average of six voice calls per day is higher than their female counterparts.