<p>The tech industry attracts the worst kind of futurists, Clayton Christensen-quoting types who behold shifting paradigms, looming inflection points and disruptive innovations everywhere they look.</p><p>The futurism business is so competitive these days that technologies get declared dying at the very moment they are actually peaking. In monarchy terms, that's like preparing to crown the boy prince when the reigning king is a hale and hearty 40-something.</p><p>So it goes with text messaging, aka SMS. Nobody disputes that SMS is the king of mobile communications today. 7.8 trillion SMS messages were sent last year, according to Portio Research. Another firm, Informa, counted 5.9 trillion text messages worldwide last year, comprising 64% of mobile messaging traffic. You also have research showing that in developed countries, texting has just become more popular than voice calling.</p><p>Not only is SMS on top, but it's still growing substantially. Portio predicted earlier this year that it will increase 23% this year to 9.6 trillion SMS messages.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/text-messaging-still-thriving-despite-smartphones-twitter-and-whatsapp-7000004653/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/in/2012/09/26/whatsapp-swots-india-unlimited-deal-college-going-reliance-customers/">WhatsApp swots up in India with unlimited deal for college-going Reliance ...</a> (The Next Web)</p><p><a href="http://www.medianama.com/2012/09/223-rcom-offers-free-whatsapp-access-to-students-first-indian-telco-deal/">RCOM Offers Free WhatsApp Access To Students; First Indian Telco Deal?</a> (MediaNama.com)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dMFDX71BUQpb1_MrGN_GRENLwPt9M">6 additional articles.</a></p>