Text messaging is still a big business for the telco players. Guaranteed SMS delivery, for instance, could be a valuable service for the enterprise customers. Mobile messaging operator TynTec today announces a deal to provide high quality message delivery for Corporate SMS provider Red Oxygen. The deal ensures that Red Oxygen's SMS services such as bulk SMS, email-to-SMS, and Microsoft ... continued »

Despite the fact that smart-phones have came-up with the sophisticated features and applications, but text messaging is still an interesting service for mostly mobile users. A survey even revealed that text messaging in the US set new records, with 75 billion messages reported in the month of June 2008 alone – about 2.5 billion messages a day. This represents an ... continued »

Finnish mobile virtual network operator, Blyk, has chosen Belgian Mobile operator Mobistar, majority owned by France Telecom, to launch advertising funded text service in the country. The invitation-only mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) links young people with brands and simultaneously giving them free texts and minutes every month. continued »

Mobile messaging services have been proven as the supporting tool for critical health applications --another relevance service is mobile life insurance. It can be used for delivery of the emergency alerting of doctors as well as appointment reminders for patients. continued »

Business activity will become more avalaible in mobile technology and mobile life insurance is one of the latest innovation in this niche. Clickatell announced it was chosen as one of three finalists for “Best Messaging Business Application” by 160 Characters as part of their 2008 Mobile Messaging Awards. This company was chosen as the Business Application category because of its ... continued »

Short message service (SMS) providers should provide the proper SLA (service level agreement) for their enterprise customers. Its objective is to guarantee the service's reliability and measurability for their customers. It's the good news that mobile messaging operator TynTec today calls for the mobile industry to adopt SLAfor enterprise SMS to aid the adoption of the technology in businesses. continued »

It's the good news for me. I really hate to see that we just used the next generation of cell phone or smart-phone mostly for texting! The sophisticated of phone features would be useless, isn't it? We don't need EDGE, 3G or HSDPA capabilities to send the SMS, right? continued »

Personally, I was so much impressed by this business model: A company links young people with brands they like and gives them free texts and minutes every month! Yeah, it proved that phone bills and contracts a thing of the past... continued »