Is Whatsapp Messaging Subsuming Conventional SMS

The surge in social media platforms have impacted greatly on information sharing. Similarly communication is becoming cheaper by the day due to increased innovation in Information and Communication Technologies ICTs. This article focuses on WhatsApp as an alternative for SMS. This article is anchored on scholarly review of literatures. Based on domestication theory the theory provides valuable insights into how ICTs fit into different constructs of our day to day lives and routines. The paper concludes that WhatsApp messaging has surpassed conventional Short Message Service SMS. In this light mobile service providers are advised to be innovative in order to retain the relevance of SMS in communication.