Sybase 365: 25B mobile messages in 2006

Mobile messaging services developer Sybase 365 announced it delivered a staggering 25 billion domestic and international MMS and SMS messages in 2006, nearly double the number delivered in 2005. Among them were 249 million mobile-originated MMS transmissions, more than five times the number delivered the previous year. According to Sybase 365, MMS traffic swelled close to 17 percent from November to December alone, peaking on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Since launching inter-operator services in 2001 in its previous incarnation as Mobile 365, the company has now transported more than 50 billion messages in all, reaching more than 700 worldwide mobile operators.

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