Facebook: Text Messaging As You Know It Is Dead

Text messaging is passe.

Or at least that's message coming from Facebook .

At this month's LeWeb conference in Paris, the social network talked up enhancements to its Facebook Messenger app. The goal? Replace SMS with a more enhanced platform for multimedia messaging wherever possible, and in the process lead unexposed populations to broader use of the social network.

For now, Messenger is only available in five non-U.S. territories: Australia, Argentina, India, South America, and Venezuela, CNET's News reports. Users need only a phone number to access the service from any type of handset -- no Facebook account required.

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