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April 29, 2013 03:24 pm -04

Chat Apps More Popular Than Texting for First Time Ever

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Chat apps have surpassed SMS text messaging for the first time ever, according to new data.

Research firm Informa, in partnership with The Financial Times, have revealed 19 billion messages were sent each day in 2012 via chat apps compared to 17.6 billion SMS text messages. This highlights the huge growth chat apps have experienced in recent months as users look to avoid SMS fees, and those numbers are only projected to grow.

Informa believes chat apps will receive 50 billion messages each day by 2014 compared to 21 billion texts. The uptick is in part due to the proliferation of smartphones. However, many consumers, especially in less developed regions, will continue to rely on traditional mobile phones and SMS messaging in the years ahead, the firm suggests. Read more...

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