Mobile messaging technology enables users to communicate in an asynchronous manner, where messages are stored in the network and delivered to the recipient as soon as the recipient’s mobile phone can receive it. Once delivered, the message resides on the users’ mobile phone. SMS (Short Messaging Service) allows a mobile user to send and receive a text message of up to 160 characters and across virtually any operator network. This service is also referred to as “text messaging” or “texting”. All mobile phones shipped over the past few years support SMS. As a result, the large installed base of SMS phones creates a large addressable market for SMS-based mobile marketing campaigns. MMS.
