Free Texts Pose Threat to Carriers

Release Date ‎Oct 9, 2011‎ in New York Times

Are Texting Apps a Real Threat to Wireless Carriers? TIME - Erica Ho - 11 Oct, 2011 Apple is poised to introduce iMessage �" essentially “free text messaging” �" in iOS 5. Is it the end of the text message as we know it? Perhaps, but not quite yet. The thought of an app on your phone that lets you ...
Apple to launch iMessage on Wednesday CBS News - 11 Oct, 2011 iMessage will deliver conversations to all your available devices--if, for example, you have an iPad and an iPhone. (CBS) - More than two trillion text messages are sent every year in the United States alone. And most of those texts are not the free ...
Texting time for carriers Sydney Morning Herald - Jenna Wortham - 11 Oct, 2011 At a time when email and many other forms of electronic communication are essentially free, wireless carriers are still charging as much as 20¢ to send a text message to a phone, and another 20¢ to receive it. There are now several ways to bypass text ...
Companies fret as paying to text becomes passe Economic Times - ‎Oct 9, 2011‎ At a time when email and many other forms of electronic communication are essentially free, wireless carriers are still charging as much as 20 cents to send a text message to a phone, and another 20 cents to receive it. Paying so much to transmit a ...
	Apple to Launch Free, Unlimited Texting App International Business Times AU - 11 Oct, 2011 Apple Inc. is launching the iMessage on Wednesday that will allow users of devices running on the company's mobile operating system to chat SMS-style for free and without limit. The iMessage, which was introduced in Apple's Worldwide Developers ...
Cheaper Ways To Text Are Coming Consumer Affairs - Mark Huffman - 11 Oct, 2011 Sending text messages is old-fashioned, expensive and very, very popular. Those three ingredients are combining to produce cheaper �" even free �" ways to do it. On Wednesday Apple plans to roll out iMessage, a cross between texting and instant messaging ...
	Free texting apps hurt carriers' bottom line Digitaltrends.com - 11 Oct, 2011 This just in: People would rather send each other messages for free than pay exorbitant prices for SMS messaging plans, and wireless carriers are beginning to feel the heat. An increasing number of apps that allow users to send messages to one another ...
Are Carriers About To Lose All Profits From Texting? RedOrbit - 11 Oct, 2011 Wireless carriers may soon be losing one of its biggest cash cows with the advent of new features from the latest iPhone advancement. Apple's iMessage feature will combine most, if not all of the current text messaging programs you are currently using, ...
	Here Are The Pricey Texting Plans That Will Get You Excited For iMessage Business Insider - 11 Oct, 2011 It enables users to send unlimited text, photo, and video from iPhone to iPhone for free. Think of it as Apple's response to BBM. It's bound to shake up the world of paid texting, especially when you consider that this is what carriers are charging, ...
	iMessage Coming This Week: A Wake-Up Call for Wireless Carriers International Business Times - 11 Oct, 2011 By IBTimes Staff Reporter \| October 10, 2011 7:56 AM EDT Wireless carriers in the US, who are earning as much as 20 cents for sending and another 20 cents for receiving a text message, are worried that this profitable source of revenue will no longer ...
	Apple iMessage could hurt mobile carriers TG Daily - Mark Raby - 11 Oct, 2011 When Apple launches iMessage, a free alternative to traditional text messaging, it could have a damaging impact on mobile carriers. The carriers still charge outrageous fees for texting - as much as 20 cents per message. Of course, anyone who texts ...
The Best iPhone 4S Plans by Carrier Technologizer - Doug Aamoth - 11 Oct, 2011 With three carriers now selling the iPhone, your options have gotten a bit more complex as far as monthly service plans go. We'll take a look at which carrier's plans are best for cheapskates, ...
10 Things to Know About iPhone 4S Siliconindia.com - 11 Oct, 2011 By SiliconIndia, Monday, 10 October 2011, 01:58 Hrs The new iPhone runs Apple's iOS 5 operating system, which was announced in June at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. iOS 5 is a steep upgrade from iOS 4 and has more than 200 new features, ...
	Apple's iMessage may make a dent in carriers' revenue TopNews New Zealand - Avinash Tripathi - 11 Oct, 2011 Some wireless carriers fear that Apple's iMessage service, which was announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, could hurt their bottom line. With iMessage, users of iOS devices will be able to chat with one another just like they would ...
	Will Apple's iMessage Hurt Mobile Carriers? Geeky gadgets - Roland Hutchinson - 11 Oct, 2011 On Wednesday the 12th of October Apple will launch the latest version of its mobile OS, iOS 5, and one of the major new features in iOS 5 is iMessage, which is basically a cost free replacement for text messages. There are already a number of different ...
	Free Texting Services a Threat to Mobile Carriers? [Telcos Like AT&T, Sprint ... TFTS (blog) - ‎Oct 9, 2011‎ Apple is all set to release iOS 5, which will include the new iMessage messaging service. Carriers are afraid that wide adoption of such technologies will erode their SMS revenues. Text messaging is a $20 billion industry annually, and that's just in ...
	Free texts to hurt carriers' bottom line? CNET - Steven Musil - ‎Oct 9, 2011‎ Apple plans to launch a new platform Wednesday that could put a big dent in wireless carriers' bottom line. Introduced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, iMessage lets ...