Text Messaging and Short Codes in the US

Discussion of the state of text messaging, short codes, and premium billing in the US. Premium SMS is the ability to charge a consumer a premium for a text message on his/her cellphone bill, a percentage of which flows back to the service provider.

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Innovative System Enables Hearing-Impaired to Call for Emergency Services

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TMC.net editor Michael Dinan reports on Wireless Text-Messaging Service Revolutionizes Emergency Response for the Impaired a very interes...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

UMass Implements Emergency Alert System

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The University of Massachusetts has implemented a campus-wide emergency text-messaging system, see this very informative article by Derrick ...
Monday, April 14, 2008

CTIA Wireless Keynote Points to Ongoing Messaging Growth

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ComputerWorld reports from CTIA Wireless Expo in Las Vegas this week on CTIA president Steve Largent's keynote. He told attendees at th...
Thursday, April 10, 2008

CTIA Web Site Provides Short Code 101

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Common short codes (CSCs) are administered by a single CSC Administrator (CSCA) - CTIA-The Wireless Association® - for a group of U.S. wirel...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Verizon Confirms Opt-In Messaging Exponential Growth Trajectory

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Seven years after the launch of basic text messaging, Verizon Wireless customers sent and received more than 10 billion messages in June 200...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Emergency text message system used for first time

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A recent news article in a college newspaper points to an increasing trend of using SMS to send out text alerts to campuses or organizations...
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Opinion: Wireless Carriers and Innovation

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This article by Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal is a must read on the eve of the CTIA conference in San Francisco. Keep his thoug...
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