US SMS's Surge

InphoMatch says that they delivered nearly two billion SMS messages in the first quarter of 2004, up from 650 million messages in Q1, 2003. The company also posted a record SMS delivery increase for the first quarter of 2004-up 36.51% from Q4, 2003.

InphoMatch currently delivers 75% of inter-carrier SMS messaging in the US; out-of-network traffic represents 40-45% of a carrier's total SMS message volume. The company delivered over four billion inter-carrier text messages during calendar year 2003. March 18, 2004 was a prominent stand- alone day for traffic delivery, with 24.5 million messages transported by InphoMatch's integrated delivery network.

"The rapid growth of the SMS market in the U.S. is directly reflected in the sheer volume of messages InphoMatch successfully delivers every day, every month, and throughout the year," says Neville Street, CEO of InphoMatch. "Anyone who wants to better understand the potential opportunity of MMS messaging can gain insight by reviewing the astonishing rate of growth in our SMS traffic numbers."

Posted to the site on 16th April 2004