China take steps to control mobile sms spam
Chinese media has announced that the government has taken some steps to control mobile SMS spam problem in the country.
They are planning to put a limit on number of SMS messages a number can send.
China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom have all signed on an agreement [...]
Boost Mobile facing network delays in SMS transmission
Boost Mobile recently shocked the market by launching a $50 unlimited-calling plan.
The service is operated by Sprint Nextel and the plan turned out to be a major success for the company.
In fact, the company has gained so many new customers that their networks are practically overwhelmed.
Subscribers [...]
Google SMS channel launched in India
Google Labs in India have launched their latest mobile service named Google SMS channel.
Google SMS channel service is designed to enable users to send free group SMS messages.
They are currently testing this service in India before making it available in their international markets.
The service currently supports messages in several languages [...]
Kwiry announces shortcuts feature
SMS reminder service Kwiry has announced a new service they call shortcuts.
This service can currently be used with the video rental service Netflix.
Users of their DVD-by-mail service can now send an SMS to the service with “Netflix” along with the movie title name. This would then add that movie in [...]
AOL India offers free SMS to mobiles from Desktop
AOL India has announced that they are now letting the users of their instant messaging application to send free sms to any mobile user in the country.
The service is currently supported by the popular mobile service providers in India including Airtel, Vodafone, Spice, Aircel and MTNL.
The mobile [...]
CG Mobile Search launched in India
Cafegadgets.in has announced the launch of their new service named CG Mobile Search.
The company said that this new service is the first of its kind in India to allow extensive product and price search on mobile devices.
Cafegadgets.in assures that the service would deliver a fair comparison of prices of a [...]
Zipit Wireless Messenger 2 to support text messaging
Zipit Wireless Inc. has announced that they are soon going to offer text messaging plans on their Zipit Wireless Messenger 2 device.
Zipit Wireless Messenger 2 enables the user of the device to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots and chat with friends on messaging applications like AIM, Yahoo Messenger and [...]
European Commission now wants cheaper SMS, data services
European Commission has said that they now want the mobile networks to remove obscene charges for sending text messages and other data services.
They have already helped the customers a lot by setting a limit on roaming charges applied when the user is traveling within the EU countries.
EU Telecommunications [...]
