Annualizing the data, that equates to 2.27 trillion text messages in 2012, up significantly from 240.8 billion in 2007.
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Annualizing the October-December 2012 quarter puts it today at 471 trillion yen.
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If we analyze by annualizing that 203% growth in the consumer market, GDP per capita will have to grow at a rate of 6% and consumer spending will grow at 7.8% between now and 2020, outpacing GDP growth by nearly 2%, consistently for the next 8 years.