15 Crore Sms in one day [:O]

Hyderabadis have nearly pushed the GSM and CDMA mobile communication systems to the brink of a collapse, as they thumbed a mind-boggling 15 crore short messages on their mobile phones while ushering in the New Year.No wonder that the networks got jammed.

While the youngsters adeptly thumb-texted wacky messages, the elders too were not left behind though using the ‘hunt-and-peck’ typing system on a majority of the 60 lakh mobile phones in the State capital. As the messages reduced to zeros and ones in the cyber world, zigzagged their way through to the recipient mobile phones, the telecom operators must have been the happiest lot.

But all is not hunky dory with the SMS greetings. Most of the mobile phone users were still getting their messages delivered till late in the evening on January 1 too, as the overloaded systems put the incoming SMSs on the queue and began transmitting them later. This delay is acute on festival days or on occasions like new year eve. It’s happening on normal days too.Mobile phone firms say they are taking measures to tackle the delay.I don't know to what extent these measures have an impact...Lets see in the coming days..