If I wasn’t already in it, I’d say this would be a good time to start a text message related business.

According to new Gartner research, an estimated 936 billion SMS messages were sent in 2005. That number is expected to hit 2.3 trillion by 2010.

While the Asia Pacific region will continue to be #1, North America will see the highest annual growth rate between 2006 and 2010. Gartner predicts that 318 billion SMS messages will be sent, giving North America the second highest volume worldwide.

There’s a great post by Mike Grenville at 160 Characters with a lot more detailed information.

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