Text Messaging

The legal chess battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. continues, with new patent rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bolstering RIM’s …

SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a backdrop, …

SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said Wednesday. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a …

ESPOO, Finland-Finnish mobile virtual network operator Saunalahti selected Nokia to provide equipment for converged networks that will allow Saunalahti to offer services like Voice over Internet Protocol and multimedia to …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-A new multimedia messaging service interoperability agreement will allow Verizon Wireless and Leap Wireless International Inc. subscribers to exchange photos and video clips, the carriers said. The service is …

LONDON-Following what it termed extensive customer research and feedback, Vodafone Group plc launched its Vodafone Simply service, which the carrier said provides customers with basic voice and text messaging services …

Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast concert footage of Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, the Moody Blues and other artists. The carrier added a channel …

WASHINGTON-South Korea’s National Emergency Management Agency said it will expand cell-broadcast disaster alerts to cover the whole country. NEMA said the initiative has enabled mobile-phone subscribers to get information on …

Struggling to shore up decreasing revenues from voice usage, U.S. carriers agreed last October to a set of messaging guidelines they said would allow them to be MMS-interoperable by the …

Following what it termed extensive customer research and feedback, Vodafone Group plc launched its Vodafone Simply service, which the carrier said provides customers with basic voice and text messaging services …

Hop-on.com Inc. reported plans to launch a prepaid mobile virtual network operator service using its low-cost handsets and airtime purchased from an unnamed “major” wireless operator. According to the company’s …

Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Travel Time roaming service allowing Cricket customers to use their phones outside of native calling areas on a prepaid basis. Customers can sign up …

LONDON-Arttu Harkki, who set the Guinness World Record for texting in 2001, helped PalmOne Inc. launch its Treo 650 smart phone in the U.K. market by attempting to break the …

ATLANTA-Fans of the WB Network’s “One Tree Hill” can influence one of the show’s storylines with a new promotion from Cingular Wireless. Cingular subscribers watching tonight’s episode are encouraged to …

Clearinghouse vendor NeuStar Inc. filed plans for a $690 million initial public offering last week, a further sign that the financial drought of the past few years is slowly washing …

Clearinghouse vendor NeuStar Inc. hopes to raise up to $690 million in an initial public offering, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company filed for …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless together with Telescope Inc. announced a new premium short message service chat function for fans of the television show “American Idol.” The companies are offering two chat services …

ARLINGTON, Texas-The University of Texas said it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against 14 electronic manufacturers. The university claims the companies infringed on a patented method that allows text …

TORONTO-Canadians sent more than 710 million person-to-person text messages from their mobile phones in 2004, up from 352 million during the previous year, according to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. …

NEW ORLEANS-Carriers’ efforts to increase wireless data revenues took a big step forward this week at CTIA Wireless 2005 as the nation’s two largest carriers quietly confirmed their networks are …

WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile is hoping to drive text-messaging use by touting a Thumb Wrestling Championship next week in Miami. The contest, which kicks off Tuesday, is part of a month-long …

In the world of digital marketing, Will Hodgman sees himself as a kind of safe-cracker. Hodgman was the marketing savvy behind AdRelevance, a Seattle-based firm he co-founded with University of …

Device news continued at a flushed pace with Motorola Inc. releasing details on its iTunes phone, Hop-on announcing a $36 handset, Sanyo Corp. offering an innovative new messaging product, and …

WASHINGTON-Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reportedly will ask the country’s top health official to investigate whether cell phones pose health risks to consumers. According to news reports circulating in the …

Starting Thursday Cingular Wireless will send text messages to all of its 46 million customers, giving them a chance to make $1 or $2 donations to the Asian tsunami disaster …