Mobile news
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Mobile News services are growing in popularity along with an explosion in the usage of SMS messages worldwide and a few organizations are exporing these services. International news agency CNN advertises its mobile news services over its news broadcasts regularly.
Setting up SMS news services cost significantly less compared to setting up larger news organizations[citation needed] . Mobile News also has the potential to place the power of breaking news reporting in the hands of small communities and facilitate a much better exchange of information among users due to the ease of usage of mobile phones compared with conventional media such as radio, TV or newspapers[citation needed].
SMS news services can be distinguished between "instant" and "on-demand" SMS news services, with instant pushed SMS messages having the most potential to transform public engagement with news[citation needed].
Setting up SMS news services cost significantly less compared to setting up larger news organizations. Mobile News also has the potential to place the power of breaking news reporting in the hands of small communities and facilitate a much better exchange of information among users due to the ease of usage of mobile phones compared with conventional media such as radio, TV or newspapers.
The Mobile Data Association (MDA) has forecast that SMS will become even more popular in 2007[citation needed], reaching 45 billion for the year (3.75 billion a month, or 123 million a day)[citation needed].
The Mobile Data Association (MDA) has forecast that SMS will become even more popular in 2007, reaching 45 billion for the year (3.75 billion a month, or 123 million a day).
