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Americans Get Texting as SMS Finally Catches On

New York, NY - Aug 29, 2006 - After years of lagging behind Europe and Japan in the adoption of mobile text messaging, US subscribers have finally caught the SMS (short messaging service) bug.

A total of 48.7bn SMS messages were sent in the last six months of 2005, up 50 per cent from 32.5bn in the first six months of last year, according to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA).

About 40 per cent of the more than 200m mobile phone subscribers in the US now use text messaging, up from 25 per cent in 2003 but still far behind the 60 per cent plus penetration rates in Europe.

"The US has been slow to adopt SMS," admits Jim Ryan, vice-president in charge of consumer data services at Cingular Wireless, the largest US mobile carrier. Nevertheless, he believes that is changing.

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