Optus is predicting its customers will send over 40 million text messages and make over 38 million mobile phone calls on Christmas day.
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“On Christmas day last year, Optus mobile customers sent 32.3 million text messages, a 23.1 percent increase on 2006 and made 31.9 million mobile phone calls, up 11 per cent on 2006,” says Michael Smith, Acting Managing Director, Optus Consumer.
“Text messaging continues to be a popular way for Australians to send season’s greetings to loved ones both nationally and overseas. This year, we expect to increase the number of mobile text messages sent in one day, by reaching 40 million text messages sent on Christmas day.”
Optus is delivering great gift ideas, free goodies and fantastic offers for Christmas including new Pre-Paid Mobile Turbo Caps, featuring huge increases in value and caps that now include unlimited MySpace and YouTube across the Turbo Cap range.
Customers can also have fun with their mobile this holiday season with Optus Zoo. For a limited time, customers can buy a $10 Zoo Bumper Pass and enjoy unlimited downloads of Games, Wallpapers, Sound FX and Mobile TV viewing on the Zoo Bumper Pass site.
