May 30, 2003
US SMS Subscribers forcasts
IDC research forcasts US Short Messaging Service (SMS) to grow to 75 million subscribers in 2007 (and Instant Messaging (IM) to 63 million subscribers).
By the end of 2007, IDC expects annual subscriber revenue from SMS and IM to grow to approximately $1.9 billion for each service, per an article in SiliconAlley.biz. Ink via Fierce Wireless newsletter.
The two IDC studies, U.S. SMS Forecast, 2003-2007: DO U C WUT I C? (IDC #29062), and U.S. Wireless IM Forecast, 2003-2007: My Buddies and Me (IDC #29195) present five-year forecasts for the SMS and IM markets including subscribers, average number of messages per user, annual message traffic, and annual subscriber revenue. To purchase these documents, call IDC's sales hotline at 508-988-7988 or email sales@idc.com.
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