Text Messaging

DALLAS-Verizon Wireless will sell Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s new SCH-a530, which features Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW application download technology, as well as CDMA 1xRTT services and text messaging capabilities. Verizon will sell the a530 for $200 with a two-year contract.

BOSTON-Two mobile marketing companies announced deals today, news that shows the continuing growth and potential of the wireless advertising industry. First, marketing company M-Qube announced the next phase of its deal with radio company Clear Channel Communications, which involves a …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reinforced its wireless text messaging capabilities by announcing an extension of its personal computer to mobile messaging service that allows Yahoo Messenger users to send instant messages to Cingular Wireless devices. Cingular said that with the new …

LOS ANGELES-Wireless watchers were inundated with news on the wireless gaming front coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show, with Nokia Corp. in the lead and continuing to beat the drums for its N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device. …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its TXT-411 text messaging-based directory assistant service that the carrier said provides text-access to the White and Yellow Pages. The carrier said the service will allow customers to send a text message with a …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-MmO2’s Ireland business will offer text messaging access to Microsoft Outlook through a new deal with General Wireless. The offering, dubbed Desktop Text, will be available to both prepaid and postpaid customers through a software download. In other text …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its TXT-411 text messaging-based directory assistant service that the carrier said provides text-access to the White and Yellow Pages. The carrier said the service will allow customers to send a text message with a …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-MmO2’s Ireland business will offer text messaging access to Microsoft Outlook through a new deal with General Wireless. The offering, dubbed Desktop Text, will be available to both prepaid and postpaid customers through a software download. In other text …

WATERTOWN, Mass.-The wireless data industry continues to expand, with several content companies announcing new strategies and applications. One of the most interesting comes from Mobile-Mind Inc. and Xap Corp., which announced a mobile phone application designed to help students study …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—In the event of a terror attack on London, the government said it is planning to swamp cell-phone users with short message services (SMSs) in the style of a high-tech air raid warning. According to a civil servant, …

LONDON-Arabic news network Al Jazeera said it will offer a breaking news service to mobile-phone users. The text messaging service, operated through content company PervasiveEdge, will feature around 60 news alerts per month and will cost US$6 per month. Al …

WARREN, N.J.-Mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA is looking to tap into the hype surrounding the Fox TV show “American Idol” with its own text messaging campaign. The move is a response to AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which has …

Arabic news network Al Jazeera said it will offer a breaking news service to mobile phone users. The text messaging service, operated through content company PervasiveEdge, will feature around 60 news alerts per month, and will cost $6 per month. …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which provides flat-rate unlimited local calling service in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., expanded its text messaging service offering to provide nationwide interoperability and introduced changes to its long-distance service plans. The carrier’s text messaging service …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-A new report finds that text messaging could present a significant opportunity for fixed-line telephone providers. According to Frost & Sullivan, fixed-line operators should emulate mobile service functionality and maximize use of their fixed network assets to compensate …

CHANTILLY, Va.-Wireless interoperability company InphoMatch said T-Mobile customers in the United Kingdom will now be able to send text messages to non-GSM wireless subscribers in the United States. InphoMatch manages the text messaging interoperability agreements for T-Mobile USA Inc., as …

CANNES, France-ICQ, an instant messaging and online community owned by America Online Inc., announced it is working with wireless carriers across the world to extend its services to mobile users. ICQ (pronounced “I seek you”) said it is working with …

LONDON-LogicaCMG, which offers information technology services and wireless messaging products, said its merger and integration process is “progressing well and to plan.” The company said performance for the combined business was in line with expectations and that margins have been …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said its subscribers will be able to vote on the NBA’s Most Valuable Player using the carrier’s text messaging services during the 2003 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday. The exclusive offering is the first application from Verizon’s …

WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said it has added more than 350,000 net subscribers since it launched its mobile virtual network operator service on Sprint PCS’ network in July and is currently reporting more than 2,000 net customer activations per …

MANILA, The Philippines-Experts expect the cellular industry in the Asia-Pacific region to generally fare better this year than last year. While the telecom industries in Europe and the United States are expected to face difficult years, with markets already overcrowded …

WARREN, New Jersey, United States-Virgin Mobile USA said it has added more than 350,000 net subscribers since it launched its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service on Sprint PCS’ network in July and is currently reporting more than 2,000 net …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. signed deals with Vodafone and Bell Mobility to offer its range of wireless content services, further moves by the company to expand its MSN services into the wireless world. Under the Vodafone agreement, MSN Hotmail and MSN …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association announced cross-border, inter-carrier text messaging services enabling text messaging between customers of major U.S. and Canadian wireless service providers have been launched. Participating are Canadian service providers …

CHANTILLY, Va.-The march toward global interoperable text messaging took another step forward as messaging giant LogicaCMG Wireless Networks and InphoMatch Inc. announced they will connect their inter-carrier text messaging systems. Text and multimedia messaging providers have recently begun harping on …