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LONDON—Dunkin’ Donuts, the international doughnut company, said its Italian sales increased 9 percent during the first three weeks of its short message service (SMS) mobile marketing campaign developed by AdreAct. …

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s six mobile operators announced interoperator short message service (SMS) will become available beginning 3 December. Hong Kong’s telecom regulator, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), hailed …

MUNICH, Germany—Polish mobile operator PTC-Era has chosen a location-based services platform from Siemens and SignalSoft for delivery via Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and short message service (SMS). PTC-Era is the …

DENVER, United States—Spurred by recent announcements across the globe and a bold move by AT&T Wireless Services, network operators in the United States are scampering to open up their short …

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OXFORD, United Kingdom—News International, the vast media organization with outlets in most major countries, is preparing to unveil its proprietary mobile content delivery platform and a new strategy of forming …

LONDON—AdreAct said Dunkin’ Donuts Italy is using its technology for a wireless marketing campaign for its stores in Rome. The campaign is focused on outdoor wall ads located throughout the …

MANILA, Philippines—Smart Communications has chosen SchlumbergerSema’s Java subscriber identity module (SIM) smart cards as its platform for data services, SchlumbergerSema said. Smart handles about 45 million outgoing short message service …

Mobile users in the United Kingdom have been put on alert. A scam is doing the rounds. Text messages are being broadcast to thousands of mobiles stating they should ring …

Adoption of mobile data in Asia will require restructuring the industry’s poor and declining economics. Throughout Asia, many markets are saddled with too many competitors investing furiously to meet pent-up …

WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse said Guangdong Mobile Communications selected it to expand its Intelligent Short Message Service Center. The new agreement increases Guangdong Mobile’s capacity to serve 14 million …

BEIJING—Beijing-based telecom consultancy BDA China released a report called “Mobile Data in China,” which it claims is the most comprehensive analysis of the sector ever undertaken. According to BDA China, …

OSLO, Norway—Telenor Mobile said it began several location-based short message service (SMS) services through an agreement with Pocket IT. Positioning data from Telenor Mobile’s network will be combined with map …

STAMFORD, Connecticut, United States—SmartServ Online announced it will provide its SmartServQ wireless short message service (SMS) application to a major wireless service provider in Hong Kong. SmartServQ provides subscribers with …

LONDON—According to the GSM Association, about three-quarters of a billion short message service (SMS) messages are sent out every day, a soaring number for the simple wireless application. “GSM Text …

HELSINKI, Finland—China Mobile plans to launch an electronic directory service called Sonera Finder for its customers in Peking. Newpalm Information Technology and Sonera Info Communications delivered the service. Sonera Finder …

NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—Philippino mobile operator Globe Telecom contracted with CMG Wireless Data Solutions for additional storage and a forwarding facility for its popular short message service (SMS). Globe’s SMS volume …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The 20 million users of Hotmail e-mail services in Europe might shortly be able to receive their messages via short message service (SMS) following a deal between MIGway, …

LONDON—Mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile launched a new range of short message service and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-based wireless Internet applications built on InfoSpace’s wireless platform, the companies announced. …

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Enhanced messaging company Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced the sale of its Intelligent Short Message Service Center to two South American wireless carriers, news that comes …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—In an effort to offer businesses a seamless messaging and billing service, MobileSys is adding TSI Telecommunication Services’ short message service (SMS) manager technology to its …

BEIJING—Twenty million of China’s 123 million mobile-phone users regularly use short message service (SMS) to send each other text messages. China Mobile, the country’s biggest operator, predicted that 10 billion …

BEIJING—Moxze released a new interactive short message service (SMS) game for Chinese mobile users, hoping to tap into the potentially huge Chinese mobile market. Moxze’s game, Sheiya, which means “Who …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The 50 short message service (SMS) content channels being offered by the German cell-phone operator D2 Vodafone are being seen as the precursor for other service providers looking …

BEIJING—Moxze Ltd. released a new interactive short message service game for Chinese mobile users, hoping to tap into the potentially huge Chinese mobile market. Moxze’s game, Sheiya, which means “Who …