Text Messaging

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will unify its range of wireless Internet, e-mail, text messaging, picture sharing and games under the Axcess brand, which will be available in all of the carrier’s digital markets beginning Jan. 26. Alltel said …

LONDON-MSN Mobile in the United Kingdom launched a new picture text messaging service through a partnership with FunMail Inc. and conVISUAL. The service will be available to subscribers of Orange UK, Vodafone UK, MmO2 and T-Mobile UK. “We think FunMail …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-About 7 percent of all text messages in the United States do not reach their destination, according to a new study from Keynote Systems, a finding that comes as many operators have installed text messaging interoperability and are …

BEIJING, China-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $70 million contract to expand Beijing Mobile Communications Company Ltd.’s GSM network. It also will provide services that will enhance the capacity and features of the short message service centers, provide GPRS …

SAN FRANCISCO-Two new reports peg wireless messaging as an important and growing application, one that could contribute significant revenues to the wireless market. According to a new study from Telephia Inc. and Harris Interactive, the holiday season could drive greatly …

Wireless messaging gets positive reviews SAN FRANCISCO-Two new reports peg wireless messaging as an important and growing application, one that could contribute significant revenues to the wireless market. According to a new study from Telephia Inc. and Harris Interactive, the …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Mobile marketing company Avesair Inc. reported the results of its advertising campaign for the grand opening of New York City sport store Champs Sports, with hundreds of thousands of viewers and a click-through rate of almost 4 …

OTTAWA, Canada-The volume of text messaging in Canada has increased 98 percent since April-when the nation’s wireless carriers set up interoperable text messaging services-increasing the number of text messages sent in Canada to 20 million last month. According to the …

LONDON-Mobile commerce company Magex Ltd. released its new mobile payment platform that supports mobile-phone payments through interactive voice response systems, text messaging and WAP technology. “This new capability gives users the ability to send funds, make payments and complete purchases …

FARGO, N.D.-IDA Corp., Fargo, N.D., has made commercially available Know-it NOW, an interface that lets cell phones enabled with text messaging to query the company’s Global Trakit Data Center for the address locations of vehicles or equipment units anywhere in …

PARIS-Mobileway, which manages and monetizes mobile transactions, announced it will collaborate with French radio station SkyRock to offer premium text messaging services to the station’s listeners. “To help us interact with our increasingly mobile listeners and to take advantage of …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-FastMobile announced it scored $4 million in first-round funding, enough to pay for the launch of its wireless instant messaging service in the United Kingdom and South Korea. Leo Capital Holdings, BlueStar Ventures and Red Barn Investments led the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless application and entertainment company Aspiro announced it has applied for protection from its creditors through bankruptcy, and as part of its restructuring efforts will sell its text messaging network business to mBlox. The company said it will continue …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. reported a deal with FoxSports.com to deliver sports news through Verizon Wireless’ vtext.com text messaging service. Customers who sign up for the service will be charged 2 cents for each text message received or 5 cents …

WILMINGTON, N.C.-ComScape Telecommunications Inc., which owns a number of C-block and F-block spectrum licenses, launched its Kiwi PCS service in Wilmington, N.C., offering customers flat-rate unlimited local calling for $35 per month with no contracts or deposits. Customers also can …

WASHINGTON-U.S. wireless data revenues have grown by 135 percent, and voice revenues have increased 19 percent since last year, according to the semi-annual survey by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA). “Wireless technology continues to show robust growth, defying …

WASHINGTON-Wireless data revenues have grown by 135 percent and voice revenues have increased 19 percent since last year, according to the semi-annual survey by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. “Wireless technology continues to show robust growth, defying the downward …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Messaging companies Wireless Services Corp. and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced they set up a service to allow mobile customers to send text messages to other users in Canada, the United States and Latin America. CMG provides intercarrier text …

SEATTLE-Billing and content management company Qpass Inc. released a new version of its software platform, dubbed Prosperity Series, which the company said allows carriers to change way they sell and charge for wireless data, from text messaging to Java-based application …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp., which is running a customer trial of Binary Runtime for Wireless Environment in its Knoxville, Tenn., market, will offer those customers two new BREW games distributed by Summus Inc., Nineball and the

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless said it will make Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service available to its text messaging and mMode users. With the service, AT&T customers can send text messages between wireless devices and PCs as well as extend their online …

SAN DIEGO-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile said it will begin selling its new high-end SX56 Windows-powered Pocket PC Phone through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. starting this month. The GSM/GPRS device features a color screen, text messaging capabilities, an MP3 stereo …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Romanian GSM operator Connex and Zapp Mobile, the country’s CDMA 450 MHz operator, announced that users of the two networks now can send each other text messages. The new service is an extension of the text messaging services offered …

TORONTO-Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers are planning soon to offer text messaging services across all their networks. Since April, Canadian cell-phone subscribers have been able to send text messages to users on any of the four national networks, after Bell …

DUBLIN-Mobile messaging company XIAM Ltd. announced the United Kingdom’s West Midlands police force is using its technology for a text messaging application that will assist the deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-impaired in contacting police in an emergency. The service is being …