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U.S. Text Messaging Rates Rise - April
16 2004
The numbers are
beginning to align for U.S. text messaging
numbers: SMS and mobile technology company
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.
Germans Are World SMS Champions -
April 9 2004
A survey by the Global System for Mobile
Communication (GSM) recently showed Germans send
a whopping 200 million messages a year, which
was nearly three times as many as the Finns, in
second place at 75 million or Britons at 70
million. In contrast, the United States was not
even listed among the top 20 countries.
Here's how Germany's biggest magazine Der
Spiegel sees this new German obsession: "For
generations Germans were known for their
steadfastness and punctuality," the magazine
says. "Now we have become a nation of people
waiting for a last-minute text message advising
us where we're expected to be half an hour from
now."
Nokia CEO Sees India as Fastest Growing
Mobile Market - Mar 5 2004
Terming India as the fastest growing mobile
market in the world, Nokia Chairman and CEO
Jorma Ollila said he saw over 80 per cent of
global mobile subscription growth coming from
new growth markets like India, China, and Russia
in the next five years, reports
Siliconindia.
Text Messages Rise 91.2% in China -
Mar 1 2004
China's mobile phone users sent more than
15.6 billion text messages in January, an
increase of 91.2% from the same time last year,
the government said Friday, reports the
WSJ
High Spirits Abound but the 3G Ship is yet
to Sail - Feb 28 2004
Some interesting facts and figures from Nokia
chief executive Jorma Ollila at 3GSM in Cannes,
the industry's annual summit, reported by The
FT
- There were 1.4bn users of mobile phones at
the year-end, 72 per cent of them using the GSM
system and 13 per cent on CDMA, whose powerbase
is in the US.
- China is the largest market and India and
China are expected to account for 25 per cent of
the world's subscribers by 2008.
- Nokia's 6600 camera phone had become the
world's best selling "smartphone" with 2m units
sold since its debut in October.
- Almost four out of every 10 phones sold
worldwide bears the Nokia brand but the market
leader is facing challenges from many other
manufacturers and from software giant Microsoft
in the fast-growing smartphone category.
From Around the World: SMS Sent over New
Year's Eve - Jan 2 2004
Figures on text messages and multimedia
messages sent over New Year's.
France: 88 million SMS were sent by
the 3 French operators over New Year's (during a
24 hour period). via
ZDNet.fr.
UK: The total number of SMS messages
sent across UK GSM networks during the period
between midnight on 31 December and midnight on
1 January, was 111 million, according to
Telecom.paper, beating last year's 102
million record by 8% and and is twice the volume
sent on an average day, according to the
BBC. But an article in
Silicon.com claims the wireless operators
badly failed their customers this New Year, with
delivery delays and outright failures. "A
backlog of SMS messages went undelivered for up
to four hours while some never reached their
intended recipient at all according to research
from Sicap, which provides SMS service
infrastructure."
Belgium: The three main Belgian mobile
operators counted more than 22 million sms text
messages on New Years Eve. Compared to a year
ago this is an increase of 7 million messages.
via
Smart Mobs.
Switzerland: 66,4 million SMS and MMS
were sent over the 3 Swiss Networks between
December 31st and January 1st (450'000 of which
were MMS) compared to 58,2 million SMS sent last
year. via
Le Matin
Portugual: The Portuguese unit of
Vodafone Group PLC processed more than 36
million text messages over the New Year's
holiday, while rival Optimus, a unit of
conglomerate Sonae SGPS , processed more than 38
million. Portugal Telecom SA , which runs the
third cellular operator TMN said it handled 72
million text messages over the New Year's
holiday, 23% higher than the same period the
previous year. via
160characters.org.
Czech Republic: Czechs received a
record number of 38.5 million SMS messages, with
most of them arriving between 11 p.m. on Dec 31
and 1 a.m. on January 1. A slight increase on
last year although, a year-on-year comparison is
difficult to make because some companies have
included confirmatory SMS in the total number
and also because the operators covered different
periods of time in their calculations. via
160characters.org.
India: Short messaging shot through
the roof this New Yearís eve with an
unprecedented 180 per cent increase in volumes
to 60 million SMS compared with last yearís 21
million. via
Business Standard.
South Africa: The cellphone industry
recorded 85.5 million short message services (SMS)
during the festive season, implying that mobile
network operators will continue to generate more
revenue as competition for subscribers hots up.
via
Business Report.
Rugby Triumph Prompts Text Message
Explosion - Dec 5 2003
Around 18 million more text messages than
normal were sent on the day England clinched
victory against Australia in the Rugby World Cup
final, an industry body announced today, reports
Ananova.
The
Mobile Data Association said 76 million
texts were sent on November 22 compared with a
daily average of 58 million in October.
The figures makes it this yearís third
busiest day for texting in the UK after New
Yearís Day, with 100 million messages, and
Valentineís Day with 78 million.
1 Billion SMS Sent in June in the US -
Sep 26 2003
In June 2002, 1 billion text messages were
sent by wireless subscribers in the US,
according to the Washington-based Cellular
Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).
The figure was up from 30 million in June 2001.
[pressconnects.com]
Mobile Phones, a booming industry in
Australia - Sep 26 2003
In Australia, the mobile phone industry - at
$5 billion - is now worth more to the economy
than car manufacturing, reports
smh.
About 14 million people are spending over $8
billion annually on their mobile phones, says a
report by the industry's peak users body.
The Communications Minister, Richard Alston,
who released the report yesterday, said roughly
72 per cent of the population now used a mobile
phone and that last year, the number of mobiles
overtook the number of fixed lines - 12.7
million mobile services compared with 11.4
million fixed services.
Four years ago, text messages accounted for
only 1 per cent of revenue, but by last year
that had leapt to 7.5 per cent - or about $600
million worth of messages.
55 million SMS sent a day in the UK -
Sep 22 2003
55 million text messages per day were sent
across the four UK GSM networks during August
2003, according to the
Mobile Data Association.
This compares to UK daily averages of 45
million in August 2002 and 34 million in August
2001.
August's figure takes the cumulative total
for 2003 to 13.3 billion, according to
Telecom Paper
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