VeriSign predicts 1.4 billion mobile messages wll
be delivered nationwide on 
Inauguration Day.
Due the historic nature
of the inaugural, and Obama's ties to heavy users of messaging
technology, VeriSign expects the Election Day record of 803 million
messages carried on its network that was set on Nov. 4, 2008 to be broken.
VeriSign estimates mobile messaging to increase by
approximately 15% on the day that Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect
Joe Biden take the oath of office and Obama then addresses the nation
for the first time as president.
"On Inauguration Day, we foresee
the potential to set another single-day record. Based on our recent New
Year's Eve experience managing a single-hour record of over 82 million
mobile messages as the clock struck midnight in the Eastern time zone,
we are more than capable of handling the increased traffic volume.," said
Michael Campbell, senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing,
VeriSign Messaging and Mobile Media.
VeriSign releases a quarterly Mobile Messaging Index that summarizes
total traffic volume by eriSign's Q4 2008 and Year
End 2008 Mobile Messaging Index is expected in February 2009.