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The EU Telecoms Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has started to look at SMS and data roaming charges across Europe. Currently, roaming data and SMS services are not regulated and were not covered in the Roaming Regulation 2007. continue reading SMS roaming charges to be investigated
ABC recently ran a story which underlines how quickly the adoption of SMS messaging in the USA is further changing the way in which the Americans choose to communicate. continue reading SMS Cold War?
Back in December I noted how SMS was being used in religious communication. (see 19/12/06 Divine Intervention) Now it seems it’s got all the way to the top- well nearly. continue reading Papal guidance by text
The Mobile Data Association has just released its first quarterly report of the year. The report reveals that as expected SMS volumes grew and that 5,000 SMS messages are sent every second in the UK. continue reading More Texts please we’re British
I always enjoy reading of new developments with the use of SMS and Mobile. However three recent articles made me think a bit deeper than normal, these were not the normal mobile marketing stories that we read. continue reading Challenging articles
Being in the mobile space we took the plunge and acquired an iphone back in November with the intention of seeing the future of mobile through the eyes of Steve Jobs. continue reading iPhone update
Long Live SMS A few times recently I have had heard various industry people talking about the fading popularity of SMS. It is with great interest that the latest MDA monthly text figures for October show a staggering 5.3 billion sent messages, 38% up on the same period last year. continue reading Long Live SMS
Vodafone have perfected the skill of earning more from the humble text.
continue reading From small acorns
This just in from PhonepayPlus: PHONEbrain the website specifically developed by PhonepayPlus to educate children, parents and teachers about phone-paid services, is celebrating its first birthday.
continue reading Happy birthday to PHONEbrain!
I read with great interest that the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) in conjunction with the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has created the IAB Mobile Council, “a collective of mobile operators, portals, creative, media and mobile agencies, to help establish mobile as an advertising outlet on a par with online”. continue reading IAB Mobile Council
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