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Intercasting Expands Anthem’s Range
February 12, 2009 8:11 am | by Luke Simpson | News | CommentsIntercasting has launched an upgrade to its Anthem platform, expanding the suite of supported applications to include e-mail, instant messaging and Twitter.
RIM Down Despite Higher Net Adds
February 11, 2009 8:25 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsShares in Research In Motion (RIM) were down more than 16 percent at one point today
Cricket Tunes Into Mobile Music
February 10, 2009 8:26 am | by Luke Simpson | News | CommentsLeap Wireless and LiveWire Mobile today launched Mobile Music, allowing customers to download music and ringback tones directly to their handsets.
Sybase Bests Itself
January 29, 2009 8:28 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsSybase just finished its best quarter in the company’s history, not to mention its best year.
2009: The Year of SMS, Again
January 26, 2009 12:08 pm | by Sonali Shah | Articles | CommentsFor the past few years, SMS traffic in the United States has been growing at a rate of over 125% annually.
BubbleMotion Adds New Voice SMS Services
January 21, 2009 8:16 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsBubble Motion is adding some new services in the voice SMS category.
National Safety Council Urges Ban on Car Calling
January 12, 2009 8:16 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsThe National Safety Council called for a ban on using cell phones while driving, even with a headset
Rescuing MMS from Life Support
December 12, 2008 12:36 pm | by Brough Turner | Articles | CommentsFor mobile operators, multimedia messaging service (MMS) held the promise of added revenue and additional sticky services to reduce churn.
MMS Expands... Just Not Everywhere
December 3, 2008 4:52 pm | by Brad Smith | Articles | CommentsThe Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this year featured a “mini movie studio” where several thousand people were able to make 15-second made-for-mobile movies and send them to their handsets.
More Than Just Talk
December 3, 2008 4:49 pm | by Brad Smith | Articles | CommentsThe number of text messages sent and received in the United States may surpass voice calls, but voice still is the main reason most people buy mobile phones. Still, technology and applications companies continue to find ways to use voice on a phone for things other than having conversations.
More Work for SMS
November 19, 2008 7:54 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsNearly 40% of all new network digital display platform installations will employ SMS for interactivity by 2012
Study: Mobile Messaging Stays Strong
November 10, 2008 7:10 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsDespite a global economic crisis, ABI Research predicts that mobile messaging will continue to grow.
Single Touch Walks into Walmart Deal
November 7, 2008 6:46 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsWalmart wants to help consumers save money during these trying times, and Single Touch Systems’ abbreviated dialing code program is helping the retailer
Quattro Played Role in Obama Mobile Ads
November 6, 2008 8:19 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsYou might say that Quattro Wireless did its part to get out the vote.
Mogreet Says “Hello” to $5 Million Round
November 6, 2008 8:09 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsMogreet proved there’s still venture capital to be found even in today’s tough climate.
Nokia Finalizes OZ Acquisition
November 5, 2008 7:07 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsAll the i’s have been dotted and t’s have been crossed in Nokia’s acquisition of OZ Communications.
ChaCha Unveils SMS Ad Solution
November 5, 2008 6:57 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsChaCha announced its Rich SMS Advertising solution, which it says can deliver response rates of more than 5%
Waterfall Plans to Absorb Fees for SMS
October 27, 2008 7:51 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsAt least one mobile marketing company says it will not pass higher mobile termination (MT) SMS fees onto its customers
LSN Launches SMS Program
October 20, 2008 7:41 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsLSN Mobile Technologies wants to make it easier for businesses to get up and running with SMS campaigns.
MEF Weighs In on SMS Hike Proposal
October 17, 2008 8:02 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsMEF Americas wants to do its part to foster a conversation around a possible hike in MT fees.
Verizon Denies Text Fee Hike
October 13, 2008 8:07 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless said today that contrary to reports last week, it has not decided to increase per-message text fees
The Ultimate Social Network
October 13, 2008 6:51 am | by Chris DeGrace | Articles | CommentsIt’s no surprise that text messaging is the most requested feature on mobile phones.
VZW Rate Change Sends Chills through SMS Industry
October 10, 2008 8:02 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsThe cost of sending text messages to Verizon Wireless customers is going up, and some in the industry fear other operators will follow suit.
Biden-Palin Draw COLT for VP Debates
October 1, 2008 8:09 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsTomorrow night, Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) audition in their first vice-presidential debate at Washington University
Survey Finds U.S. Customers Text More than Call
September 23, 2008 8:21 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsPost-paid wireless customers in the United States now send more text messages than they make voice calls.
