Is Texting Really in Decline? [POLL]

Are traditional SMS text messages on the way out? They are if you believe a recent research report on the mobile industry by Chetan Sharma Consulting, the first to pinpoint a decline in texting.

But the real story is a little more complicated. Texting isn't dying; it's in transition.

The report, first spotted by CNET, has some grim news for U.S. carriers: "In Q3 2012, for the first time, there was a decline in both the total number of messages as well as the total messaging revenue in the market," Sharma says. (The texting downturn had already taken place outside the U.S.)

The reason for the decline? It's "primarily due to the rise in IP messaging," Sharma adds. In other words,…
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