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VoiceStream turns on Ping Pong SMS service.

Publication: RCR Wireless News

Publication Date: 28-MAY-01

Author: MEYER, DAN
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COPYRIGHT 2001 Crain Communications, Inc.

Short messaging service has found a niche in Europe with the youth market sending billions of short notes to each other during the past year. SMS messages often only cost pennies per messages. But with more than 5 billion SMS messages sent each month, many European operators have come to rely on the revenue derived from the service.

According to the GSM Association, more than 50 billion SMS messages were sent worldwide during the first quarter of this year, with more than 200 billion forecast by the end of 2001.

VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is hoping to replicate that success on this side of the Atlantic with the introduction of its Ping Pong Wireless...

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