Free SMS for education
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Clickatell, mobile messaging provider, announced the availability of text messaging as a primary communications channel for universities and public schools worldwide to enhance professor-to-student, teacher-to-parent and educational institution-to-community contact. Universities and public schools are depending on Clickatell SMS to be prepared with instant text message dissemination in case of campus emergencies.
FishText: more than 100,000 users
Friday, August 22nd, 2008The SMS text messaging application FishText (www.fishtext.com) has attracted more than 100,000 registered users since its launch three weeks ago. FishText is used to send text messages to destinations across the globe, bypassing the mobile operators’ networks and thus dramatically reducing text messaging charges. FishText subscribers profit from the lowest messaging rates available anywhere and [...]
Cheapest SMS text service
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008CardBoardFish (www.cardboardfish.com), the low-cost SMS specialist, has developed a mobile application that dramatically reduces the cost of national and international texts from your phone: FishText. This bypasses the operator’s network and thus dramatically reduces SMS fees. FishText is free when texting other subscribers and costs from 1p for all other texts globally (over 200 countries).
IM push for mobikle users
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008As Europe’s mobile firms hit the EU’s deadline yesterday to cut the cost of sending an SMS from abroad, mobile instant messaging company Palringo has urged people to kick the texting habit and move on to more flexible, more natural and cheaper ways to stay in touch while abroad. “There are simply smarter alternatives,” argues [...]
InVueTXT chooses TynTec for international SMS
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Mobile messaging operator TynTec (www.tyntec.com) today announces a deal with international SMS provider
InVueTXT (www.invuetxt.com) to provide high-quality and global SMS delivery. Following the agreement inVueTXT will use TynTec’s enterprise quality message delivery services to transmit cut-price SMS to Eastern Europe, Africa and India.
SMS mania in Tennessee
Friday, June 27th, 2008Tennessee mobile phone users as the ‘textiest’ customers for sending and receiving the most SMS (short text messages) per month, according to a study carried by Verizon Wireless. “Big City Wireless Use Study” revealed that customers in Nashville earned the number one spot as the states ‘textiest city’ with customers sending and receiving 819 million [...]
Young Drivers ignore bans on cellphone and SMS
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Teenage drivers’ cellphone use edged higher in North Carolina after the state enacted a cellphone ban for young drivers, a new Institute study finds. This is the case even though young drivers and their parents said they strongly support the restrictions. Parents and teens alike believe the ban on hand-held and hands-free phone use isn’t [...]
Fun SMS for 3 clients in UK
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Fun Text (www.sendfuntext.com), the emotional messaging service provider, today announces that it has secured a deal with 3 UK for its unique handset-based messaging application to be installed on a range of 3’s device portfolio. Under the deal, 3UK customers will be able to access Fun Text’s rich media messaging capabilities direct from the messaging [...]
Voicemail to TXT
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Nuance Communications announced Nuance Voicemail to Text, a voicemail transcription service that delivers readable messages to mobile devices. Offered through carriers, the service uses Nuance’s speech recognition and transcription workflow solutions to convert voicemails left on any voicemail box into text. Transcribed messages are sent to users as SMS or email messages.
Nokia preps SMS gadget for Vista
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Beting on it’s popular handsets, Nokia sets it’s ight on SMS apps and releases Nokia Text Messenger, a Windows Vista gadget. You can view SMS messages too if your phone is connectet to the PC. All PC Suite devices can use this app.
