Pagers were zinging all over the room.

房间里到处都有寻呼机在响。

That figure is expected to jump, with nearly 4 billion messages zinging around Wednesday and Thursday, the days upon which the New Year's holiday falls in 2008.

这一数字预计仍有攀升趋势，因为仅在2008年新春佳节的周三和周四这两天短信发送量就在40亿条左右。