In the early 2000s Filipinos were sending over a billion text messages a day, and by 2008 the Philippines was sending more SMS texts daily than the United States and Europe combined. The volume earned the country its long-standing nickname as the world's texting capital.
Record no. MRB-2026-005828
Texting Capital of the World
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