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Google in $1 Billion Talks to Buy WhatsApp

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Facebook in Talks to Buy Whatsapp

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India's Reliance Communications to Offer WhatsApp Service

­India's Reliance Communications (Rcom) has announced an exclusive partnership with whatsapp. Reliance GSM customers can now access unlimited usage of whatsapp and Facebook across the country at a nominal fee of Rs. 16 per month without paying any extra data consumption charges.  more

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Young Adults Driving Demand for Emerging Cloud-Based Mobile Services

­New USA research by tyntec and YouGov around mobile communication and social networking reveals that among all age groups, young adults, or "millennials," are leading the pack in interest to adopt new cloud-based models for telephony, including integrating texting and voice capabilities into new devices and online services.  more

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SMS is still the king of messaging with half of UK smartphone users stating they would be lost without it

­According to new research published by Acision, SMS still dominates the mobile messaging market when compared to other messaging services such as 'Over the Top' (OTT) Instant Messaging (IM) services.  more

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Telcos versus OTTs: is it a phoney war?

­There are now more than 80 OTT-style Internet services run by telecom operators, according to a new study published by analyst firm Disruptive Analysis. The report suggests that the trend is accelerating, and represents a major opportunity for the industry over the next five years.  more

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Text messaging usage rises by almost 69% in Brazil

­Over the last quarter (Q4 2011), an average of 81 text messages were sent per Brazilian user, per month, compared with 48 messages per user, per month in Q4 2010.  more

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Blackberry Messenger, WhatsApp and Apple iMessage Cannibalizing SMS Revenues

Year-over-year smartphone penetration doubled to reach 21 percent of wireless subscriptions by Q3 2011. ­Smartphones have stimulated healthy increases in non-SMS data revenues that continue to lift operator performance despite declining voice and static SMS markets, says Strategy Analytics.  more

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Nokia Shows Off Six New Mobile Phones

­At Nokia World, the company has shown off the first smartphones in its Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia range as well as four other models for developing markets.  more

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Google Owns 3 Out of 5 Top Ranked Apps in UK Mobile Services Ranking

­The GSMA and comScore in partnership with the UK mobile operators, has released the first monthly data showing how UK mobile consumers engage through mobile applications. The data from the GSMA Mobile Media Metrics (MMM) application key measurements report reveals that nearly 8.8 million UK mobile owners used an app that connected to the internet during April 2011, with Google Maps ranking as the most accessed app with 6.4 million unique users.  more

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