Twitter swallowed a company specializing in SMS

An interesting post appeared on the Twitter blog the other day, I prepared for Habr's readers a translation:



“SMS inspired the creation of Twitter and we continue to use this simple but ubiquitous technology. In fact, the 140 character limit was invented specifically to ensure that any tweet could be read entirely, regardless of whether you use a low-function phone or a more sophisticated device with advanced access to the Web.



For the last eight months, we have collaborated with a startup called Cloudhopper to become the largest consumer of SMS services in the world - Twitter processes about a billion “SMS tweets” per month and this number is growing all over the world, from Indonesia to Australia, UK, USA, and other countries.



In order to successfully grow and scale our SMS service, we are pleased to announce the acquisition of Cloudhopper, whose infrastructure will enable Twitter to directly connect to the networks of mobile operators in different countries around the world. Join the congratulations of Joe and Kristin for joining the Twitter team in charge of the mobile part. ”