Aggregators
Got this in — any suggestions?
I’m hoping you can point me in the right direction.
Do you know where I can get a list of Mobile Aggregators that operate in The Philippines? I can find a bunch that offer Bulk SMS, but very few, (one in fact) that offer Short Codes, or Shared Short Codes.
If you [...]
Had a reader email me and ask me what I knew about SMSC crime.
Not a lot, other than a passing awareness, was my answer.
I said I’d make like a Who Wants to be a Millionaire and ask the audience.
Is it an issue?
It’s Fine Day today — the UK regulator, PhonepayPlus published details of the companies that it has fined for breach of its regulations last month. Most of the fines are 5,000 or 10,000… small beer, really, especially compared to last month’s 175,000 pound whopper fine for SMS.ac.
2Ergo is banished to the naughty step as [...]
CellphoneNews2.com (and, unfortunately, CellphoneNews2.mobi) has officially launched as a digg-style source of mobile-phone related news topics. Users can create a free account and digg up or bury news stories, thereby affecting what shows up on the main page.
It’s a rather neat idea, and easy enough to submit an article. There isn’t any commenting built-in, [...]
Have a read of this one…
Link: Calls for Tax Exemption for Charity Sms Donations
Vir2, a provider of SMS marketing and fundraising solutions for charities, has welcomed the decision by UK politican, Mark Oaten MP to file an Early Day Motion calling upon the Government to stop charging VAT (sales tax) on UK charity donations made [...]
If I want a UK number to receive text messages, who should I be using? The last time I bought MSISDN numbers, I used…
gosh let me try and remember.
ZIM something. Somebody ZIM.
I’ll get it in a moment……. trying to think.
ZIM EPL! That’s it. They had a pretty good amount of [...]
I called mobile service provider plusCONNECT this afternoon in relation to a story I’m doing on mobile music.
A friend of mine sent me a Facebook message asking for me to download music from his friend’s unsigned band — and to do so (and pay) via text message. Neat. Social networking and [...]
Children In Need (wikipedia reference), the annual British charity event aimed at helping out Children, is the focus of one of the UK’s biggest messaging aggregators, MX Telecom, and the UK’s most progressive MN(V)O, 3UK.
They’ve both collaborated to launch a mobile donation service for 3UK users, enabling one-click donation. There’s no financial [...]
Fake texting, the dark art very well known to anyone who’s spent five minutes with a chap from a mobile aggregator, has been continuing to hit the headlines in India. Indeed, so much so, that Yahoo News reports that two high profile lawsuits depend on mystery texts.
Allowing almost anyone to set the originator [...]
Got this in from Hugh at Mediaburst. They’re definitely are knocking back the client wins — this time they’re helping Co-operative Travel deliver a mobile marketing campaign across point-of-sale media at Co-operative Food retail stores.
The point-of-sale is actually at the check-out. So if you’re standing waiting in a queue and you’ve got everything [...]
Got this one from Esendex chap, Julian Hucker. Esendex are a mobile services company. Incentivated is a mobile marketing services company. They’re not immediate competitors. Which is why Julian was rather susprised to find that Incentivated have been reportedly using his company name as a keyword in Google.
Link: Julian Hucker
A quick [...]
Extremely sad news. Paul Griffiths, Dialogue Managing Director, died on Sunday. (Dialogue are a tier-1 UK and Australian based mobile aggregator.)
I’ve never actually connected with Paul, although I have done work with Dialogue in the past. Thanks to Chris Hunter of mytxt who emailed me the news. I phoned Dialogue and spoke [...]
Following an investigation by premium rate regulator ICSTIS into claims that Channel 4 chat show Richard & Judy had been conning viewers, their service provider Eckoh were today fined a record £150,000.
ICSTIS rules that the competition ‘You Say We Pay’ had “seriously misled viewers by actively encouraging them to enter the competition after the potential [...]
Link: MX Telecom Inks Deal With Textopoly to Deliver High-Value SMS Campaigns and M-Commerce Solutions
MX Telecom, a leading provider of global SMS text messaging and wireless multimedia solutions, today announced that Textopoly, a mobile marketing agency that integrates technology, creativity and feasibility to drive mobile campaigns, has selected MX Telecom’s Messaging Gateway to deliver SMS [...]
You know a ’scandal’ is big news when BBC Radio One, the yoooof station, covers it during it’s morning news broadcast complete with audio quotes from the GMTV MD.
Link: Phone-in firm sorry over GMTV scandal | Uk News | News | Telegraph
He [The GMTV MD] said GMTV had trusted Opera, but went on: ‘The [...]
This is excellent — here’s an overview and some case studies about iTAGG, penned by Co-Founder, Steve Procter.
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Steve writes:
“Delightfully vocal” hey!! ;-) I like that one…I think!! As always though Ewan, a fantastic blog, frankly the only mobile industry one I read.
iTAGG is now one of the [...]
The first case study is in! Here’s a wicked overview of TxtLocal by founder Alastair Shortland.
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Alastair writes:
You are certainly correct… there is little time at the moment to write press releases!
I run http://www.Txtlocal.com - (Txtlocal Ltd). A website offering a very simple yet highly [...]
If you’re an SMS aggregator or similar in North America and you don’t have much in the way of TV related services — or want to draw upon the experience of a UK company who’ve been dealing with the text-mad UK public, read on. Siren are on the hunt for partners. And they’ve got [...]
Continue ReadingFakemytext.com is a service similar to the likes of Textanonymous and the raft of anonymous texting services out there.
I don’t have a real issue with these types of services - that is, until someone sends a fake text from my number and causes no small amount of havoc.
I think there’s definitely a humour [...]
I had a note in from a reader looking for a recommendation for a premium SMS supplier for EU and USA. My mind has gone blank. Can you recommend anyone — or can you help? If so, please post a reply here (he’ll be reading) or send me a mail and I’ll [...]
Continue ReadingCheck out Julian’s post here…
Link: Julian Hucker: Business SMS: Is it time for a Code of Practice?
Our focus at Esendex is primarily on Business SMS services and one of the things that we’ve been considering is whether the industry is ready for a Code of Practice.
ICSTIS’s remit is obviously premium rate services and most other [...]
SMS Text News sponsor, Clickatell, are fairly chalking up the announcements this month.
Link: Clickatell Leads Charge for Global SMS Capability: Financial News - Yahoo!
Finance
Clickatell Inc., the world’s #1 global mobile messaging operator, today announced its customers can receive reply SMSs using its popular Communicator application. Visitors to CTIA Wireless in Orlando from 27 [...]
Got a recommendation? Sam’s hunting for Ukraine and Russian connectivity.
Link: SMS Text News » Worldwide premium rate shortcode service required
I am in need of a premium rate sms and shortcode provider for Ukraine / Russia but cant find anyone who supplies and manages these networks
If you can help, please mail me some details (ewan@smstextnews.com) [...]
SMS Text News sponsor, Clickatell, launched a mobile messaging portal for mobile operators today. The service enables operators to offer small and medium sized businesses, system integrators and application service providers carrier grade, IP-based SMS connectivity, and a sophisticated integration and message delivery environment.
As the Clickatell announcement puts it (and, well, it’s something [...]
Seen the Eckoh press release about the recent goings on?
Eckoh is aware that its integrity and professional reputation has been brought into question by a series of articles in the press in the past three weeks based on information provided by a “source”.
The information that has been provided has been largely misleading, inaccurate, and [...]
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