BROWSING: SMS

FCC passes rules to require blocking of spam/scam texts

Carriers are required to block SMS that are "highly likely to be illegal" The Federal Communications Commission has now officially passed rules to require telecommunications operators to block suspicious text messages, calling scam and spam SMS "an increasingly pervasive consumer threat." The FCC said...

FCC considers new rules to block unusual sus texts

Scammy texts are on the rise, and the FCC wants operators to block the ones most likely to be fraudulent The Federal Communications Commission is considering new rules that would obligate service providers to block texts that are likely to be scams or spam. FCC...

#TBT: The ‘dark ages’ of mobile social media; iPhone drives a data explosion; Did you ever ChaCha?… this week in 2010

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Mobile social media...

Verizon: Call and texting volumes back to normal levels

Verizon says that call and SMS traffic has seen a "significant decline from peak pandemic volumes" As stay-at-home orders loosen around the country, mobility is up on Verizon's network, while call and texting volumes look much more like normal spring levels. In its most recent network...

#TBT: Virgin Mobile comes to Canada; American Idol SMS voting expands; Bringing wireless email to the masses … this week in 2005

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Virgin Mobile set...

#TBT: Symbian vs. Microsoft; Bluetooth could be big; SMS use dwarfs internet use in Europe … this week in 2002

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Handset market disruption?...

CTIA: Mobile data use up 82% year-over-year

Wireless data use continues to climb, with the latest analysis from industry group CTIA showing an 82% increase in mobile data use between 2017 and 2018. According to CTIA's newly released annual survey of the U.S. wireless industry, "wireless use was up across nearly every...

#TBT: Day passes for wireless web; AT&T’s Whitacre retires; unlimited SMS catches on … this week in 2007

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Alltel offers up...

#TBT: App messaging cuts into SMS; T-Mo charts new network path; rampant iPad rumors … this week in 2012

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! App messaging cuts...

What the future holds for SMS texting

  How many text messages have you sent so far today? SMS texting has been around for 25 years, and it remains an important foundational service for most TSPs. We’ve grown to accept it as an integrated part of our daily communications — but where...

Wi-Fi in 280 characters (Reader Forum)

  Twitter just doubled the character limit for tweets to 280 and the internet was not shy about testing their boundaries. And we’ll likely see the limit edge ever upwards in the future. Why? Because consumers always push the boundaries of technological scarcity, and given...

#TBT: American Idol sets SMS record; Leap holds talking contests; Cingular, T-Mobile US end network sharing … this week in 2004

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! American Idol sets...

Journey of an SMS: Global SMS messaging in a complex world (Reader Forum)

SMS engagement rates are over 94%, dwarfing those of most other communication channels. The personal, direct nature of SMS makes text messages nearly impossible to ignore. Think about it: when was the last time you ignored an SMS? You may have 1,136 unread emails...

2017 Predictions: A2P text messaging set to impact enterprise, IoT space

Application-to-person text messaging platforms will see expansion from new business models, enterprise adoption and take a bite out of IoT. Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they...

Deutsche Telekom Q2 revenue up overall, but down in Germany

DT ended June with 41.3M mobile subscribers in the German market; revenue up, net profit down German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom posted revenue of 17.81 billion euros ($19.86 billion) in the second quarter of 2016, surging 2.2% year-on-year. The operator’s net profits for the quarter reached...

Analyst Angle: Text messaging as a services platform

Text messaging remains a significant form of communication between people, but it also looks set to become an ordering platform for businesses Remember when you could sign up for online email notifications? You could ask your bank to email you an alert if your balance...

TxtmeQuick enables texting from landlines

TxtmeQuick seeing adoption from Fortune 500 companies WASHINGTON – Virginia-based TxtmeQuick said it's using digital technology to capitalize on legacy tech that has become largely ignored. Ray Bolouri founded the company in 2010 when he realized there was a way to facilitate better communication between enterprises...

Tyntec: App-to-person SMS is on the rise

If you’ve used text messages from Facebook or Google to authenticate your account information, you’ve used application-to-person messaging – and a recent survey from Mobilesquared shows that such usage is on the rise, even as traditional text messaging use declines in favor of over-the-top...

Reality Check: Viva text messaging

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level ex-ecutives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. Surely the award for the technology with the longest half-life must go to the text message? Predictions of its death...

SAP identifies 'textiest' moments of the World Cup

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup concluded and Germany victorious, data continues to reveal just how entwined mobile engagement was with the experience of the games. SAP, which says it processes 1.8 billion messages daily from more than 1,000 operators, analyzed how text messaging traffic fluctuated...

MBlox raises $43.5 million for app-to-person messaging

MBlox, a global provider of application-to-person messaging, just completed a capital-raising round of $43.5 million. Investors included Comerica and Horizon Technology Finance Corp., as well as some of MBlox's existing investors such as Norwest Venture Partners, Scale Ventures, Avanti, Trident, Saints Capital and Stratem. The...

Reader Forum: How an SMS service made these app creators millions

An SMS service has the power to greatly improve your app purchase income and in-app buying revenue. There are dozens of ways that bulk SMS can benefit the sales of an app, with thousands of app developers

SxSW 2014: What makes a great mobile ad?

AUSTIN, Texas – Mobile advertisements. They’re in our favorite free applications and games, and an everyday part of life for every mobile consumer. Yet, do we really pay much attention to their form or function? Industry experts from Havas Media, Starcom MediaVest and Renegade...

Reality Check: Two-factor authentication 101 – the key to de-coding a social hacker’s playbook

In today’s “socially connected” world, social media giants like Twitter and Google have become top targets for hackers and mobile devices are adding fuel to the fire. Today, hacks over social media