It developed Blast, which will soon let wireless carriers provide video or handle a twentyfold increase in calling traffic over a single frequency.

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For a more enjoyable calling experience it also uses age-specific frequency adjustment and real-time speech slowing to help make calls crystal clear.

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The numbers change as we get older, with the overall frequency of all communication declining, but even in the 65 and over group, daily texting still edges calling 4.7 to 3.8.

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