Chat apps now more popular than SMS worldwide - CNET

According to new data, 19 billion chat messages were sent each day, compared to 17.6 billion SMS messages. April 29, 2013 5:22 AM PDT (Credit: Apple) A handful of popular chat applications have already found a way to outpace SMS, according to new data. Research firm Informa announced today that six of the most popular mobile chat applications, including WhatsApp, BlackBerry Messenger, Viber, Nimbuzz, Apple's iMessage, and KakaoTalk, averaged nearly 19 billion messages sent and received worldwide each day in 2012. The company estimates that 17.6 billion SMS messages were sent each day, as well. According to GigaOm, which earlier reported on Informa's data, which was commissioned by the Financial Times, nearly 50 billion messages will be sent next year over mobile applications, compared to 21 billion text messages. More to come... via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEAgJ_WTfLedoCmh29bz6KqFp0oHA&url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57581830-94/chat-apps-now-more-popular-than-sms-worldwide/

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