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Messaging on chat apps now more popular than SMS texting
- A growing number of mobile users are turning to chat apps to communicate with friends and family, shunning text messaging plans that once served as major cash cows for wireless providers. Daily traffic from services like iMessage, BlackBerry Messenger and…
Text messaging declines for the first time ever in the US
- Text messaging is on the decline for the first time ever in the US according to a new report from consulting firm Chetan Sharma. They found a drop in the total number of messages being sent and received in addition…
Carriers lost $13.9 billion in SMS revenue during 2011
- Research firm Ovum estimates that wireless providers lost nearly $14 billion in SMS revenue during 2011 due to social messaging. If past trends are any indication, that number is likely to increase moving forward as Ovum warns operators to rework…
97 percent of young adults use text messaging
- A new study from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project indicates that 83 percent of American adults own mobile phones and that 73 percent of them send and receive text messages. Of the percentage polled that text,…
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