New government data on mobile text messaging, also known as SMS, is underscoring how this former cash cow for China's telcos is quickly losing its audience.
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- Jun 19, 2013
- Updated: 10:05am
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Recent figures show Hong Kong's love of the humble text is dying due to more cost-efficient ways of communicating using smartphones
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Global telecom operators are expected to have lost US$23 billion in SMS revenues by the end of this year as smartphone users shift to free messaging applications, an industry report said on...
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Matthew Murchie, 15, St Joseph's College
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