Aussies are set to ring in the new year with a record number of calls and texts.
Telecommunications provider Optus predicts that its customers will send 76 million texts on New Year’s Eve, 10 million more than last year.
More than 51 million phone calls will be made on mobile phones on the night while 44 million calls will be made from home phones.
“Our research showed more than one in three Aussies anticipated sending Christmas wishes via social media this year,” Optus spokeswoman Clare Gill said.
“Yet we also texted and talked with friends and family in record numbers.
“We are expecting to see this trend continue over New Year’s Eve as people call and SMS their friends and family to welcome 2012.”
India, Vietnam and the UK are predicted to be the three most popular overseas destinations to call this year.
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