So, for any of you who had doubts about the future of SMS, given the rise of Facebook/Myspace/Twitter and most recently Buzz, these are the hard core facts as shared by Clickatell.

Today, there are roughly 4 mobile phone users world wide for every 1 computer user. When looking at the numbers, it is clear that SMS is still the widest reaching communications tool available today:

–  4 billion mobile SMS users, globally

–  10 million iPhones shipped, globally, in ’08

–  3 billion Nokia phones shipped, globally, in ’08

–  150 million Facebook users

–  45 million LinkedIn users

In predicting the 2010 US mobile messaging landscape, we reflect on 2009, a year, which many predicted, would see the demise of SMS (being made obsolete by mobile IM and email); but, in reality, we saw SMS continue to remain the long-standing “killer app” on the mobile phone. Last month, Gartner made its Mobile Predictions, projecting that SMS money transfers will be the number one mobile application in 2012.

Source: Market Wire