is the Philippines still the text capital of the world?

A resounding Yes, according to ICT Statistics Newslog.

"The Philippines retained its title as the
text messaging capital of the world - sending a remarkable 1.39 billion text messages
from a subscriber base of just 50 million."

This must be why PLDT and GLOBE don't want to make unlimited texting a standard feature. There's just too much money to lose if they do that.

Other interesting stats:

-An Estimated 43 Billion Text Messages Were Sent Globally on New Years Eve

-The world's largest market, China, crossed the 500 million customer barrier in Q3 2007 to end the quarter with just under 506 million mobile customers.

-300 million mobile devices were shipped during the fourth quarter alone of 2007.

-For the entire year, total shipments reached 1,144.1 million units in 2007

-Nokia is still the worlds leading vendor.