short message service

CANNES, France-GartnerG2, the research and advisory arm of Gartner Group, said short message service (SMS) is potentially a powerful marketing tool in Europe, with SMS use now exceeding Internet use …

CANNES, France-GartnerG2, the research and advisory arm of Gartner Group, said short message service is potentially a powerful marketing tool in Europe, with SMS use now exceeding Internet use in …

Editor: Further to your request, I am sending a list of the countries in Europe, which have paging operations and the estimated number of users. Because the operators in Britain …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As many mobile operators around the world install and trial their multimedia message service (MMS) infrastructure, those that have launched services have already commenced a pricing war. Two …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The explosive growth of short message service (SMS) in Australia has prompted the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to consider reserving new telephone number ranges for SMS. At the moment, …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom has reported that its subscribers will be able to receive text message updates on political developments during the countdown to the upcoming general …

SEOUL, South Korea-The Mobitex Operators Association (MOA) said two new wireless data networks will begin operation in China. Telecom Digital has officially launched its Mango Mobitex-based network and service in …

NEW DELHI, India-Sri Lankan operator Celltel Lanka has launched a set of secure m-commerce services on a short message service (SMS) platform. The new service called CellWallet stores encrypted electronic …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said African operator Vodacom will install Openwave Systems Inc.’s multimedia messaging service platform as part of the operator’s GSM/GPRS network. Vodacom licensed Openwave’s equipment through Siemens, which is …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless introduced new services on its vtext.com short message service companion Web site. Vtext.com includes up to 20 people in its group distribution address book, and the new …

NEW DELHI, India-India has become the fourth country in the Asia-Pacific region to have GSM players offering multimedia messaging service (MMS), with BPL Mobile launching the new service in Mumbai, …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN claimed it has paid back more than US$370,000 in funds to prepaid subscribers since the relaunch in June of it payback incentive …

ATLANTA-Intec Telecom Systems will provide Denmark’s Sonofon with a solution to collect and process usage data on voice, data and short message service traffic on its GSM and GPRS network, …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Content providers looking to launch reverse-billed short message service (SMS)-based services are calling on cell-phone operators to increase the price limits set for each message. U.K. operators are …

TORONTO-Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers are planning soon to offer text messaging services across all their networks. Since April, Canadian cell-phone subscribers have been able to send text messages to …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Adding to the worries of potential third-generation (3G) operators are announcements from the two public broadcasting organizations in Germany, ARD and ZDF, that they want to levy a …

NEW DELHI, India-The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has decided to review universal service obligation of telecom operators, including cellular service providers. It has proposed to include several new services, …

BEIJING-Starting on 1 October, China’s telecom carriers will be allowed to adjust prices for value-added services. The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) will continue to regulate basic services, such as …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator Vodacom announced it has stopped the practice of “blacklisting” stolen handsets and instead has moved toward what it refers to as “greylisting.” The …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-If you believe the latest predictions from the handset manufacturers and market research firms, then mobile gaming is set to become a major business for mobile operators. Nokia …

ZAGREB, Croatia-Croatians sent nearly 600,000 short message service (SMS) messages through an m-commerce parking service in the capital of Zagreb. Th mobile parking service is offered by parking company Zagrebparking …

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed a $29 million contract to supply TDMA equipment to operator ICE for short message service, circuit-switched data and international roaming. …

DUBLIN-Mobile messaging company XIAM Ltd. announced the United Kingdom’s West Midlands police force is using its technology for a text messaging application that will assist the deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-impaired …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-A survey of 38,000 text messaging users conducted by SMS.ac claimed that nearly 70 percent stated they are open to receiving messages from strangers, while just more than …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore’s mobile market grew slightly in terms of the number of mobile subscribers during the first half of this year. According to the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), the country’s …