There will be a new app
By Dieter Bohn
All four major US carriers - AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint - have each issued the same joint press release announcing the formation of "a joint venture" called the "Cross-Carrier Messaging Initiative" (CCMI). It's designed to ensure that the carriers move forward together to replace SMS with a next-generation messaging standard - including a promise to launch a new texting app for Android phones that supports the standard by next year.
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