NEW YORK—Upoc Networks announced it is providing mobile chat and community functions to Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. customers.
The service allows customers to access thousands of existing messaging groups or create their own personal messaging groups. The service is available on phones through a WAP browser or via short message service, said Upoc.
Upoc said it plans to expand its service to include community multimedia messaging service, interactive voice response services and premium SMS text messaging programs.
Mobile community and social networking tools have been garnering increasing attention with a variety of companies hoping to capitalize on the space including Internet crossovers like Myspace.com.
