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Firms still prefer SMS 30 years after first message

Infobip Regional Head for East Africa Marko Reis. [File, Standard]

Research from global cloud communications platform Infobip shows the global popularity of Short Message Service (SMS) within customer communications remains immensely popular despite the rise of new communication channels, with a 75 per cent increase in use in 2022 compared to 2021.

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