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Line 51: == Usage, decline and discontinuation == [[Verizon]] launched its MMS service in July 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-07-08 |title=Verizon Wireless launches easy-to-use picture messaging service |url=https://www.verizon.com/about/news/vzw/2003/07/pr2003-07-03 |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=www.verizon.com |language=en}}</ref> Between 2010 and 2013, MMS traffic in the U.S. increased by 70% from 57 billion to 96 billion messages sent.<ref>{{cite web |title=CTIA's Annual Survey Says US Wireless Providers Handled 3.2 Trillion Megabytes of Data Traffic in 2013 for a 120 Percent Increase Over 2012 |url=http://www.ctia.org/resource-library/press-releases/archive/ctia-annual-survey-2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723023447/http://www.ctia.org/resource-library/press-releases/archive/ctia-annual-survey-2013 |archive-date=2014-07-23 |access-date=2014-07-29 |website=www.ctia.org}}</ref> This is due in part to the wide adoption of [[smartphone]]s. Due to lower cost and improved functionality provided by modern internet-based [[instant messengers]] such as [[WhatsApp]], [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]], and [[Signal (messaging app)|Signal]], MMS usage has declined,<ref>https://www.theregister.com/2016/05/20/three_uk_mms_tarriffs/</ref> and it has been discontinued by several telcos since the early 2020s. Line 58: [[Rich Communication Services|RCS]] is intended to be the successor technology for MMS and SMS. RCS is available worldwide with [[Google Messages]] and support is planned for [[Messages (Apple)|Apple Messages]] in [[iOS 18]]. == See also == * [[Enhanced Messaging Service]] (EMS) | |||