Taipei - A total of 2.22 million text messages were sent via the Chunghwa Telecom mobile network in the first hour of 2005, the highest-ever hourly record, company officials said Saturday.
The figure compared with 1.7 million recorded in the first hour of 2004, according to Chunghwa Telecom chief engineer Shih Mu-piao.
A total of 8.54 million text messages were sent via the company's mobile network on New Year's eve Friday, up nearly 30 percent from the 6.31 million registered on the same day the previous year, Shih said.
The highest daily volume last year was recorded on the first day of Lunar New Year, which stood at 12 million, followed by Christmas Day, which stood at some 9 million
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