SMS Still Tops in Messaging Revenue

A new report from ABI Research forecasts that SMS will remain the top revenue-generating mobile messaging service through 2013, when it will rake in $177 billion. How it gets there will differ from region to region, depending on how successfully it expands into the Web, advertising and social networks in various parts of the world, ABI says.

Currently, developed regions of North America and Europe have the highest messaging ARPUs, and send the most messages from the computer to the mobile device using IM.

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