Articles tagged with: Tns and Instant Messaging

Three-Quarters of All Electronic Messages are Sent Via Mobile Phones

A survey has found that 74% of all messages globally are now sent through a mobile device, report tns. This is a huge increase on 12 months ago where this figure was only 59%. This trend is even higher in emerging markets where nine out ten messages now go out via mobiles.  more

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Instant Messaging Via Mobile Set to Challenge SMS Traffic

Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) is set to cannibalise SMS (texting) and eventually email from PC, a survey from tns Technology has found. The tns Global Telecoms Insight (GTI) study, which interviewed 17,000 respondents across 30 countries, has found that once mobile users adopt MIM it overtakes other messaging tools to become the primary non-voice method of interacting - with potentially dramatic consequences for service and network providersÃ' revenue.  more

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