2013
IP messaging overtakes SMS globally
Some fascinating analysis today from research group Informa (Ovum) who say that in 2012 mobile IP messaging overtook SMS messaging in volume. Informa estimate that nearly 19 billion messages were sent using IP messaging apps each day around the world, versus 17.6 billion SMS messages. By the end of 2013, Informa estimates that 41 billion [...]
2013
The Ravens, Beyoncé, Ray Lewis and Pizza win the text-messaging Superbowl
The Superbowl was discussed in more than 100 million mobile messages on Sunday – generating a 10% lift in messages compared to other Sundays. The Superbowl was the country’s mobile messaging religion on Sunday – being included in messages 4 times more frequently than Church, 3 times more often than the movies, 18 times more [...]
2013
Globe Telecom & HDmessaging launch GMESSAGE Service
Philippine telecommunications company Globe Telecom becomes the first operator in Asia to launch GMESSAGE, a new mobile messaging service available to smartphone users worldwide. Built and managed by HDmessaging who also powers T-Mobile’s ‘Bobsled’ service and LG’s ‘LG Talk’ service, the GMESSAGE service goes beyond services delivered via standard internet connection by providing users with a [...]
2012
Boom! T-Mobile hits 1 million Bobsled users
Congratulations to HDmessaging partner T-Mobile USA who crossed 1 million users for their Bobsled service this week. HDmessaging powers the Bobsled messaging service. “T-Mobile is committed to expanding innovative communication experiences beyond our own wireless customer base to include people across all networks, devices, countries and [...]
2012
“Don’t sit back on OTT”
Chetan Sharma just released a fabulous report on what he calls Mobile Internet 3.0. We couldn’t agree more on his analysis of the need to proactively seek new revenue streams as core services move to IP, and not to succumb to being a dumb pipe for OTT services. “Don’t sit back on OTT services – The consequences of [...]
2012
IP messaging: Operators lost $13.9bn in SMS revenue in 2011
Ovum just released a report analysing the effect that IP messaging apps are having on SMS revenues. It concluded that Blackberry Messenger, Whatsapp, Facebook messages and other messaging applications resulted in $13.9 billion in lost SMS revenue in 2011. The BBC noted that the report’s author, Neha Dharia ”concluded that mobile operators must “work together to face the challenge [...]
2012
NYT: “Free Texts Pose Threat to Carriers”
This article gives a good overview of the current disruption in the mobile messaging space, and has some juicy stats: More than two trillion text messages are sent each year in the United States US texting generates more than $20 billion in revenue for the wireless industry Verizon Wireless generates as much as $7 billion a year [...]
2012
The king is dead. Long live the king.
More evidence today of the rapid changes happening in mobile messaging that are in turn fueling our business. We have previously seen data from the Philipines and the Netherlands that SMS volumes were dropping, and Forbes today reported that the same is true in 3 other advanced mobile markets: Finland. Home of Nokia, the HDmessaging development team and [...]
2012
Featured Partner: T-Mobile USA
T-Mobile USA use HDmessaging to power Bobsled Messaging. This is available as a free download for Android devices through Google Play. It is also available for use on your computer through a browser at http://messaging.bobsled.com/. Other smartphone apps are coming soon. Bobsled takes advantage of the following HDmessaging features: Group messaging Media sharing (photos, videos, audio, etc) Native SMS [...]
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