mBlox launches mobile advertising service with SMS insertion pilot

mBlox announced that it is entering the mobile advertising market today, with the launch of an SMS ad-insertion service. The service will work by inserting ads into the empty space at the ends of commercial SMS. mBlox is quick to assure everyone that it is not starting to advertise or produce content itself. It claims [...]

New mobile device from Sprint focused directly on mobile messaging

Sprint has released details for it’s new upcoming handset, the SCP-2700 by SANYO. It’s a small, straightforward device, with the focus very firmly on easy and rapid SMS. Despite that, the SCP-2700 has a decent set of modern features including camera, GPS and web connectivity.

The SCP-2700 was designed with ease of SMS in mind. The [...]

Mobile search company ChaCha gets $30 million funding

ChaCha has raised $30 million in Series C funding, mostly from the same companies that provided $14 million during the last funding round in November. Investors include Morton Meyerson, Bezos Expeditions, Rod Canion and Jack Gill.
ChaCha is a “human powered” search engine. Users send a question to ChaCha through text or voice call. That question [...]

Anam gives free SMS to Mobile Operators

SMS provider Anam has today announced it is removing traffic licenses for its texting service. Now operators won’t have to pay for an increase in their SMS traffic on the Anam Eclipse SMSX platform.
Traditionally, SMS licenses for operators have been priced by volume. More texts meant higher charges, but Anam has done away with [...]

Interview: Sean Moshir, CEO, Celltrust

CellTrust is the leading provider of a fully scalable and highly adaptable Secure Mobile Information Management (SMIM) Platform, global Secure SMS Gateway, and suite of mobile applications engineered to manage and deliver information and mobile content in a timely, intelligent and secure manner. At first I was a bit puzzled by this. Secure SMS. While [...]

TextMagic Chooses Tyntec For SMS Services

Online-to-SMS services provider deploys 2-way SMS from mobile messaging operator
July 15th, 2008 – London, UK: Mobile messaging operator TynTec (www.tyntec.com) today announces that it has been selected by TextMagic (www.textmagic.com), the online SMS service provider, to power the company’s messaging services.  Under the deal, TynTec will provide TextMagic with incoming and outgoing SMS messaging to [...]

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