That of being cordial via SMS is over. Congratulating Christmas through a text message has gone out of style. Or at the least that's what the data reveal that have provided the operators of our country as far as messaging is concerned. And it is that the Spanish have sent around 10% less SMS to wish happy holidays to friends, family and neighbors. In this sense, it is very possible that one of the main obstacles has been the crisis, although the most reasonable thing would be to blame social networks and the proliferation of smartphones to connect to the Internet through mobile phones.
Chain messages are no longer carried, nor congratulations in the form of clichés. What will. During Christmas Eve, users sent between 6% and 15% less SMS than on the same date in 2009. And it's not that the Spanish were busy preparing canapes or singing Christmas carols, no. During the same period, access to social networks such as Twitter or Facebook grew by more than 30%, a sign that reveals a change in habits and a certain thrifty spirit on the part of users. We continue to celebrate Christmas with the same impetus- or similar - but we have replaced the technologies. Nothing that was not predictable, on the other hand.
For everyone knows that sending SMS or calls in the minutes before the chimes of New Year 's Eve was a definite impossible. It seems that on New Year's Eve the sending of messages will also drop significantly, although it is expected that the rate of calls or the so-called voice traffic will remain practically intact. At the same time, the forecasts include an increase in Internet traffic and a decrease in SMS, means that have usually been used by the youngest.
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