Austrians Sent More Chat Messages in the 2nd Quarter

"Spread over a population of around nine million and 90 days per quarter, that's 32 chat messages sent per person per day in Austria," says Klaus M. Steinmaurer, Managing Director of RTR for the Telecommunications and Post division.

Increase in Chat Messages: Also Rise in Emails

According to the figures from the current RTR Internet Monitor, there was also an increase in emails: A total of 1.02 billion were sent, in the 2nd quarter of 2023 it was 984 million. In the course of time, there is a continuous decline in traditional SMS. In the 2nd quarter, Austrians sent 235 million SMS, a decrease of 41 million compared to the previous year.

A total of around 11.9 million mobile broadband connections were recorded in the 2nd quarter of 2024, which is almost five percent more compared to the previous year. "The subcategory 'smartphone tariffs with flat rate' made a meteoric rise in the year-on-year comparison - more than one million mobile broadband connections fall into this category, in the 2nd quarter of 2023 there were 'only' 407,000 connections of this category," said Steinmaurer.

(APA/Red)

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