According to Hong Kong media reports, during the Spring Festival season, while colleagues and classmates are all returning to their hometowns to celebrate the new year during the long holiday, it is difficult for mainland residents to visit each family by traveling across provinces, which has led to the practice of sending text messages to wish people a happy new year.
The prediction from the Ministry of Information Industry shows that during the Spring Festival (from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the first lunar month), more than 17 billion text messages will be sent across the country, an increase of 11.8% compared to last year. If each text message costs an average of 0.1 yuan RMB, then in one week this will bring 1.7 billion yuan in revenue to mobile operators.