August 2001

CASE STUDY: Refresh SMS
28/8/01

How An Experiment Became A Successful Business

Introduction

Nrly 1bn msgs snt each mnth. [OK, that's enough SMS-speak, we have whole words to play with here -Ed.] One group in particular have taken to SMS like ducks to water- school children. Nearly 50% of children in the 7-16 year old bracket now own a mobile phone and they each send an average 2.5 messages each day.