‘Simple accessibility, ubiquitous network interoperability, ease of use, affordability and price predictability for text messaging are key guideposts as the industry evolves new messaging paradigms and migrates to next-generation networks’ says Ronald Gruia, Principal Telecom Analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
Text messaging will continue its dominance in the messaging arena for the foreseeable future and will evolve with additional features over the next three to five years, according to a new report, ‘The Future of Messaging’, prepared by global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, and licensed exclusively to Comverse.
This evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, path will usher in text messaging with contextual presence and location information, as well as a unified identity for messaging that provides a user’s status, personal information, updates and messages in one user interface, the analyst believes.

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