VeriSign Sets another Record for Mobile Messaging

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, announced today another record-breaking quarter for mobile messaging, based on the latest quarterly index of statistics compiled by VeriSign's Messaging and Mobile Media division.

 

During the second quarter of 2009, VeriSign delivered a total of 94.8 billion A2P/P2P messages across its combined mobile messaging platforms for an overall growth of more than 82 percent from Q2 2008. This corresponds to more than US$3.3 billion in revenue enabled for VeriSign’s service provider customers, almost double the enabled revenue from Q2 2008. 

 

VeriSign's network also set a single-day record on June 25 by enabling 1.2 billion mobile messages over a 24-hour period, and a one-hour record of 102 million messages between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. PST on that day. The timing of this record coincided with the announcements of the tragic deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett.

 

"The records set in the second quarter clearly demonstrate the ubiquitous and still-growing presence of mobile messaging in our culture,” said Qi Li, vice president, Asia Pacific (APAC) sales, for VeriSign's Messaging and Mobile Media division. “People continue to use the power of text messaging not only to communicate and engage with friends, but also to connect about significant events.”