Worldwide Application-to-Person (A2P) Messaging Market Insights (2019-2024): Businesses Spent US$ 24 Billion on A2P Messaging in 2018; This Will Grow to US$ 40 Billion by 2024

DUBLIN, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "The Application-To-Person Messaging: Worldwide Trends and Forecasts 2019-2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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The number of application-to-person (A2P) messages is increasing worldwide because businesses are introducing mobile and digital channels in order to interact with their customers and recruit new ones. Person-to-person (P2P) SMS messaging traffic has progressively been overtaken by that from OTT services, but SMS is currently still the most-used channel for A2P communication, and it will remain so until 2024.

This report provides an overview of the worldwide application-to-person (A2P) messaging services market. It provides information about messaging services provided by both mobile network operators (MNOs) and over-the-top (OTT) providers. A complete set of forecast results is provided in the accompanying Excel data annex. The forecast is based on several sources:

The forecast is based on several sources:

    --  The Publisher's internal research (including our regional forecasts,
        Connected Consumer Surveys and various trackers in the Future Comms
        research programme)

    --  Interviews with stakeholders in the communications market around the
        world.

Who should read this report?

    --  Strategy and planning executives that are responsible for mobile
        operators' communication services strategies and application-to-person
        wholesale services.
    --  Executives in mobile operators' technology and innovations teams that
        are responsible for developing rich communication services (RCS).
    --  Marketing executives and vendors of communication services equipment and
        software, because it will help them to understand the needs of their
        operator customers and size the addressable market for their products.

Geographical Coverage

    --  Worldwide
    --  Central & Eastern Europe (CEE)
    --  Western Europe (WE)
    --  North America (NA)
    --  Latin America (LATAM)
    --  Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
    --  Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
    --  Developing Asia-Pacific (DVAP)
    --  Emerging Asia-Pacific (EMAP)

Key Metrics

    --  Application-to-person SMS outgoing traffic
    --  Application-to-person nonoperator/OTT services outgoing traffic
    --  Application-to-person operator IP-based services outgoing traffic
    --  Business spend on messaging traffic
    --  Business spend on fixed fees
    --  Application-to-person business spend and outgoing traffic by use case
    --  Application-to-person business spend and outgoing traffic by industry
        vertical

Key Topics Covered

1. Worldwide trends

    --  Worldwide: SMS was the main channel for A2P messaging in and it will
        remain so up to OTT services will make up for most of the traffic growth
    --  Worldwide: businesses spent USDbillion on A2P messaging in this will
        grow to USD billion by
    --  Worldwide: reminders, notifications and promotional use cases account
        for the largest share of spend, but customer service spend will grow the
        most
    --  Worldwide: internet, media, entertainment and financial services
        accounted for of the A2P spend in they will retain the largest market
        share in
    --  Worldwide: global OTT platforms are beginning to focus on A2P messaging
        in order to secure a central role in the communication between brands
        and consumers
    --  Worldwide: the number of RCS Adeployments is growing, but many elements
        must be confirmed before operators can challenge OTT players
    --  Worldwide: all players in the value chain are adding
        software-as-a-service elements to their A2P messaging offers to target
        enterprises in the solution segment

2. Western Europe

    --  Western Europe: SMS is and will remain the main A2P messaging channel
        until OTT comms are better positioned than RCS to absorb the A2P market
        growth

3. Central and Eastern Europe

    --  Central and Eastern Europe: SMS will remain the main channel in the
        nascent A2P market; Viber's A2P proposition is gaining traction

4. Middle East and North Africa

    --  Middle East and North Africa: SMS is the dominant channel and will
        remain so in because the adoption of OTT services and RCS will not grow
        significantly

5. Sub-Saharan Africa

    --  Sub-Saharan Africa: mobile money services are driving ASMS traffic and
        spending; Orange and Vodacom rolled out RCS in South Africa

6. Emerging Asia-Pacific

    --  Emerging Asia-Pacific: China has the largest market for A2P
        communications and it is dominated by SMS, but WeChat has the potential
        to absorb much of the traffic

7. Developed Asia-Pacific

    --  Developed Asia-Pacific: OTT communications will dominate the A2P
        messaging space; operators in Japan and South Korea jointly rolled out
        inter-operable RCS

8. North America

    --  North America: RCS is likely to become a relevant A2P channel thanks to
        MNOs' early involvement in the initiative and the residual role of SMS
        as an A2P channel

9. Latin America

    --  Latin America: SMS is and will remain the main A2P messaging channel
        until the largest operators are rolling out RCS in their multi-country
        footprints

10. Forecast methodology and assumptions

    --  Application-to-person (AP) messaging trends and forecasts: channels and
        metrics outputs and definitions
    --  Application-to-person (AP) messaging trends and forecasts: definitions
        and examples of industry verticals and use cases
    --  Forecast methodology and assumptions

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