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Articles tagged with: Mobile Im and Mobile Messaging
Worldwide Messaging Revenues set to exceed US$224 billion by 2013
A new report from Portio Research focused on mobile messaging has suggested that SMS will continue to be the cash cow of mobile data revenues for some time to come. Traffic volumes and revenues continue to confound predictions and are expected to keep growing throughout the global economic downturn. Indeed the whole mobile messaging industry worth US$130 billion in 2008 is predicted to be worth US$224 billion by 2013, 60 percent of non-voice service revenues. more
Related Tags: mms, mobile-email, sms, mobile-data
Business Customers’ Mobile IM Adoption More About Familiarity than Mobility
In a new White Paper, ABI Research reports that mobile IM adoption is negatively correlated to mobility. According to principal analyst Dan Shey, "The greatest adopters of mobile IM are T-Mobile subscribers whose demographic profile shows a high percentage who only work in an office. As office work typically requires PC access, mobile IM adoption appears more related to familiarity with IM through the PC rather than mobility itself." more
Related Tags: t-mobile, smartphone, arpu, driving, abi-research, verizon, personal, sprint, displays, USA
SMSs to Surpass 2 Trillion Messages in Major Markets in 2008
As the popularity of SMSs continue to grow, Gartner forecasts 2.3 trillion messages will be sent across major markets worldwide in 2008, a 19.6 percent increase from the 2007 total of 1.9 trillion messages. Mobile messaging revenue across major markets will grow 15.7 percent in 2008 to $60.2 billion, up from $52 billion in 2007. more
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Hutchison Taps NeuStar for Yahoo! Mobile IM Service
NeuStar says that it has provided Hutchison 3G UK with the necessary software to bring Yahoo! Messenger instant messaging (IM) service to 3's mobile customers in the UK. 3 chose NeuStar's Mobile Messaging Gateway solution to implement the roll out of Yahoo! Messenger across its subscriber base. more
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Hutchison 3G Italy has selected NeuStar's Next Generation Messaging Services for mobile instant messaging (IM) in Italy. NeuStar's IMSC (IM Service Centre) and MMG (Mobile Messaging Gateway) will allow 3 Italia subscribers to see whether their Windows Live Messenger and 3 Italia IM "buddies" are online, and to communicate with them in real time. more
Related Tags: hutchison-3g, instant-messaging, neustar, hutchison, 3-italia, mobile-instant-messaging, windows-live
Business Use of Wireless IM to Exceed $2 Billion
A new report from Strategy Analytics finds that a number of supply and demand side catalysts are aligning to accelerate business use of mobile Instant Messaging (IM) into a US$2 billion-plus opportunity in Western Europe and North America by 2010. From wireless access, to secure and fully auditable enterprise IM platforms, to public mobile IM services such as MSN Messenger, AIM and Yahoo! - both IT-sanctioned and rogue use of mobile IM is set to grow significantly. more
Related Tags: oracle, mobile-email, analytics, ibm, voicemail, strategy-analytics, nortel, rim, instant-messaging, ims, mobile-instant-messaging
AOL instant messenger for Cingular users
The USA's Cingular Wireless has announced the launch of Mobile Instant Messaging for Cingular customers using AOL Instant MessengerT (AIM) and ICQ services. The expanded partnership with America Online lets Cingular customers see when their friends, family and colleagues are online and are able to send and receive real-time text messages on their wireless phones. more
Related Tags: instant-messaging, mobile-instant-messaging