SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2003 / 09

A report from the Yankee Group claims that mobile operators around the world will be spared from declining revenues thanks to increased use of data services, reports Electricnew

A smoke detecting mobile could help save hundreds of lives, according to two Romanian inventors, Marian Gavrila and Garbriel Patulea, who are in the process of registering the idea internationally with the Canadian Patents Offic

A corporate directory that enables employees to look up the telephone numbers of fellow staff by SMS was launched by Telstra yesterda

Mobile portal Clubtigermo

For the first time in MTV Europe Music Awards history, the winners of the «Best Song» category will be voted for live by SMS text messaging during the Award

Start-up company"Autrement Bon", meaning "Otherwise Delicious" in French, is offering gourmet grocery shopping by SMS, for those living in the cities of Paris, Toulouse and Bordeau

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Some companies are reducing or eliminating e-mail in a bid to curtail computer spam and viruses - the latter often spread via e-mail and costing companies billions of dollars a year in lost productivity - and turning toward text messaging and voice calls overs cell phones instead, reports USA Toda

The mobile content gold rush is far from ove

It seems the Lebanese love advertising and that their marketers are very good at i

The latest news and the pictures behind the stories from Channel NewsAsia will be available to StarHub's Gee! customer

Japan's ever-evolving cellular phone service will soon add blockbuster role-playing videogames «Dragon Quest» and «Final Fantasy» to its content men

A new soap opera in UK called «InYrShoes» will not be decided by scriptwriters but by viewers using text message

Nokia plans to start reporting revenue and earnings for two new divisions, one selling multimedia handsets and one selling mobile technology to firms, alongside figures for its existing mobile-phone and mobile-networks units, according to the WS

Following Italy's blackout early Sunday morning, hitting most of Italy except for the islands of Sardinia and Capri and several limited areas on the mainland — a Civil Protection Agency sent text messages to Roman cellphones asking residents to remain home unless absolutely necessar

Wired reports on entrepreneurs speaking at a conference in San Diego on Marketing by text messagin

In June 2002, 1 billion text messages were sent by wireless subscribers in the

An anti-corruption watchdog in the Philippines, The Citizens Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC), has set up a "report-a-mistress" hotline which the public can call or text-message to, to report any "extramarital affairs" conducted by governement officials, soldiers and policemen, that may result in corruptio

Though it's becoming hard to keep track of all of the statements by airlines with regard to their world-first SMS services - making reservations, checking-in or tracking arrival and departure times - Australian Airlines Qantas will be offering as of this month, an SMS service to customers in all classes, using their in-seat telephone handset, allowing them to send text messages to the ground, AND to receive replies - which may very well be as they claim, a world-firs

In Australia, the mobile phone industry - at $5 billion - is now worth more to the economy than car manufacturing, reports sm

55 million text messages per day were sent across the four UK GSM networks during August 2003, according to the Mobile Data Associatio

A 43-year-old South African gentleman is bombarded with 25 to 30 text messages a day - all of them sordid and unwanted, according to Cape Argu

The BBC has an interesting article on PTT enabled phones, questioning whether the walkie-talkie feature will make SMS obsolet

Text Messaging has been offered on landline phones in various countries, cf previous posts - Texting from Landline Phones and SMS on landlines in India - but to the best of my knowledge, this it the first time MMS is offered on fixed-line phone

A message to mobile industry insiders and wireless tech bloggers: unwire

To help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, network provider MTN will be sending quarterly HIV/AIDS prevention text messages to all its subscribers, according to This Day Onlin

Microsoft Cor

For those unable to attend Bharat Thakur's Yoga classes, Indian Bharti Cellular is offering the guru's personalised tips on Yoganidra, breathing exercises, meditation and yoga exercises to rejuvenate themselves by SM

A new survey of Asian mobile phone habits has revealed that Filipinos have the fewest hang-ups about saying "I love you" in a text message--while Indians seem to be the most reserved about messaging tender feelings, reports C/net Asi

It is a centuries-old tradition to place a note with a prayer or request in the Western Wall and for years, several Web sites have been offering Jews around the world the option to send their prayers by e-mail to a rabbi who prints them out and places them for them in Jerusalem's Western Wal

Take 5 is a campaign set up in New Zealand to secure one million votes from New Zealanders worldwide to put pressure on the NZ government to extend the Genetic Engineering moratorium by 5 year

Brits will be able to vote online in the finals of the Miss England Beauty Pageant for their favorite contestant as well cast their vote by SMS, by texting the finalists name to short code 8144

Moco News reports that Vodafone has announced a major deal with Eidos, creator of the popular Tomb Raider game series, to expand its mobile gaming portfoli

Looking in my French archives for story on the the wind-up mobile charger for Motorola, I fell on this interesting feature offered by French television station, Canal Plu

If you ever run out of battery power at the end of the day on your cell phone, the GoGoPower is for yo

Starting October 7, T-Mobile will become the first carrier with

The UK Conservative Future party is inviting students to send a text message to short code 81222, to enter a competition to get their tuition fees paid for the year, reports the Conservative

Young people in danger, or worried about bullying, sex abuse or drugs can now get advice from Northern Ireleand police officers on Urzone, according to ic Northernirelean

The UK Government has launched a nation-wide campaign to help kids steer clear of mobile phone crime, according to The Registe

Nextel Communications asked a federal judge Tuesday to block advertising by rival Verizon Wireless that claims it offers superior walkie-talkie service on its mobile phones which launched last month, according to SiliconValle

Modifications to Symantec's DeepSight will give customers an early warning of computer viruses with the ability to track the outbreaks on the Interne

In its eighth annual online survey of people's sex lives - more than 150,000 people aged 16 to 55 in 49 countries participated - condom manufacturer Durex, confirmed "virtual sex", either by telephone, SMS messaging or email as a global emerging trend, according to The Herald Su

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association – which includes Telstra, Optus and Vodafone – has actually issued guidelines for the use of phones in schools, aimed at minimising mobile phone disruption and SMS bullying, according to The Advertise

About time, I'd sa

Visa EU is extending its online authentication application «Verified by Visa» to the latest release of Nokia's virtual wallet for mobile handset

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Another school system, this time in New South Wales, Australia will be sending out exam results (for the Higher School Certificate) to students by SMS, according to sm

While there's still plenty of debate over the question of micropayments being used for online content they certainly seem to be catching on in the mobile phone world

Paris has yet to compile a final death toll from the heat wave, which pummeled France and much of Europe with temperatures up to 10

There were an estimated 6,700 new newspaper subscriptions via mobile phones from August 1999 through July 2003, reports Steve Outing in E-Media Tidbits: "At least some newspapers finally seem to be getting the message that they have to adapt to the behavior of their readers -- if not of their current ones, then at least their future readers (if they want to have any) -- and try some really new ideas

In a perfect example of a business application for text messaging, McDonald's New Zealand has provided cell phones to it's employees as the company communication channel with text messaging as the backbone, and will offer incentive competitions through SMS as well, according to The New Zealand Herald via Smart MobsSpam and Text Messaging

The annual number of "spam" text messages sent to mobile phone users in Britain has doubled in the last two years to two billion claims a report in the Sunday Mirro

MSNBC has an upbeaut article on the growing potential of cell phone sales thanks to pre-teens, as children using mobile phones are getting younger and younger, as their parents feel more secure in being able to keep tabs on them through their handset

I read about this in Newsweek on the plan

Fastmobile's Fastchat offers a downloadable walkie-talkie feature for cell phone

In Sri Lanka, The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating a cyber sex racket, whereby unscrupulous operators have been transmitting pictures of school girls often labelling them as 'prostitutes', according to the Sunday Observe

In a first for India, Kerala's leading mobile company Escotel, in association with the Election Commission, will launch on September 29, a new service whereby the public can access real time electoral data on their cell phones by text messagin

Chip giant Intel is backing Fastap by Digital Wireless, a novel way to make it easier to input text on mobile handsets, reports the BB

Nigeria's National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) called for a boycott of GSM phone usage last Friday in the countr

Not only will cell-phone users soon be able to keep their phone numbers when changing carriers, but this fall, folks will also be able to convert their wired phone numbers to a cell phon

A Polish mobile operator and publisher are inviting Catholics to text in messages to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the pontificate that will be made into a book and delivered to the Pope, reports 160character

The London Underground Customer Charter states that if a tube journey is delayed for 15 minutes or more, passengers are entitled to a full refund of their single journey cos

In response to UK consumer demand for protection against the growing trend of identity fraud, Experian - which responds to more than a million requests for credit reports every year - has developed a fraud monitoring service to alert subscribers to credit activity on a weekly basis by email or SMS, according to the The Guardia

This is great news for foreign visitors who are roaming on the Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) mobile networ

In an entry for Keitai Log, Kinrei Hana goes over a discussion he had with his class on things "a cell phone can do"; "things a cell phone cannot do"; and "what cell phones mean" to his student

Text messaging is often the start of beautiful friendships, according to new research by Macquarie University psychology professor, Kipling William

On the tabloid side of SMS, a South African MP is being divorced after a text message meant for his girlfriend went to his wife instead, according to Ananov

A new campaign for raising money to mobilize against poverty, offers verses of the Bible by text message at a premium rate, according to UK ChruchTime

In Johannesburg, a couple hijacked in their car, were delivered by the police, following text messages sent by a network of "grannies" (woman of esteem in the community), who helped police nab a suspect within an hou

According to the BBC, the internet and text messaging are fuelling "dogging", a practice which involves unprotected sex with strangers in public park

Something to be concerned abou

Freever and the Metro newspaper have been collecting thousands of text messages for illusionnist David Blaine as he indures starvation in solitary confinment suspended from a crane by the River Thames, in a glass box for 44 day

The UK has made spam a criminal offence to try to stop the flood of unsolicited messages, according to the BB

Airlines companies seem to be coming up with new text messaging services everyda

Hockey fans can log on to NHL on Nextel to sign up for Real-Time Game Alerts to know what's happening on ice immediately as it happens in arenas across the leagu

A Finnish travel agent has created a service that uses SMS to send travel tickets to mobile phone

Swiss airline-technology provider SITA has launched a two-way in-flight SMS service, according to a statement from the compan

In this article entitled Cell phones, Cyberdating and "Explosions of the Heart, a young Palestinian writes about living under curfew and how cell phones are use

Some (favorite) stories just come back to haunt yo

Macmillan UK Children's Books is backing the launch of the latest book in the 'Princess Diaires' series with an SMS campaign, as well as television and press advertisin

In the UK, sending text messages is too expensive and kids are being ripped off, according to consumer groups, reports the BB

House of Representatives Speaker Neil Andrew of The Parliament of Australia yesterday ruled in favour of MPs using cell phones for text messaging, reports The Herald Sun

Members of Parliament have been allowed to use laptop computers in the chamber for some time -- including e-mai

Motorola, the world's second-largest cell phone maker, on Monday introduced its first mobile phone powered by Microsoft software, expanding the software maker's reach in the market for about 450 million handsets a yea

Mobile email usage is to grow by 35 per cent over the next 18 months among European businesses already using mobile phones, according to Nokia, reports The Registe

Nokia and Motorola are neck and neck in the

2,500 Danish paper boys have been given mobile phones for their paper route, with a so-called "Paper boy menu", according to Cellular New

Edinburgh-based technology firm Pocketwatch has come up with a way of to allow users to access everything on their PC from anywhere via a mobile phone, reports Techdir

According to a new survey conducted by Italy's largest private investigation company,

According to a new survey conducted by Italy's largest private investigation company,

Howard Rheingold in The Featur

Howard Rheingold in The Featur

It's official: mobile phones and other electronic devices can significantly interfere with a plane's navigational equipmen

It's official: mobile phones and other electronic devices can significantly interfere with a plane's navigational equipmen

A new device, The Advanced Theft System, installed in cars could alert it's drivers if it's stolen, by sending a text message giving it's exact locatio

A new device, The Advanced Theft System, installed in cars could alert it's drivers if it's stolen, by sending a text message giving it's exact locatio

Following the announcement of AirAsia's launch of an SMS ticket booking service, - users can choose their flights, confirm the reservation and make payment through text messaging -- another no-frills Malaysian airline, Virgin Blue, announced plans to introduce an SMS service that allows customers to check in using their mobile phone

Following the announcement of AirAsia's launch of an SMS ticket booking service, - users can choose their flights, confirm the reservation and make payment through text messaging -- another no-frills Malaysian airline, Virgin Blue, announced plans to introduce an SMS service that allows customers to check in using their mobile phone

For the fifth year in a row, the Nokia Game, Nokia's interactive adventure is open for registratio

For the fifth year in a row, the Nokia Game, Nokia's interactive adventure is open for registratio

John Hatfield for Sunday Herald takes a dim view on modern mobile communicatio

John Hatfield for Sunday Herald takes a dim view on modern mobile communicatio

This has not been a good week for cell phone

This has not been a good week for cell phone

Mobile phones and new wireless technology could cause a "whole generation" of teenagers to go senile prematurely, according to research conducted by Sweden's Lund Universit

Mobile phones and new wireless technology could cause a "whole generation" of teenagers to go senile prematurely, according to research conducted by Sweden's Lund Universit

According to Keith Nowak, spokesperson for Nokia and interviewed by the WSJ, "faceplates, interchangeable plastic covers that snap on and off of cellphones, are an important part of our busines

According to Keith Nowak, spokesperson for Nokia and interviewed by the WSJ, "faceplates, interchangeable plastic covers that snap on and off of cellphones, are an important part of our busines

Cell-phone makers and game developers are building new devices that will let people talk with their friends and communicate with online gaming world

Cell-phone makers and game developers are building new devices that will let people talk with their friends and communicate with online gaming world

In announcement that will make most people shudder, the SMS Forum has proclaimed that Short messaging services is considered the “fifth channel” for media advertising in North Americ

In announcement that will make most people shudder, the SMS Forum has proclaimed that Short messaging services is considered the “fifth channel” for media advertising in North Americ

Singapore Airlines is working with several airlines to introduce two-way SMS and e-mail by the end of the year, enabling Passengers to send and receive SMS or e-mail using their in-seat telephone handset, reports Wireless Newsfactor

Singapore Airlines is working with several airlines to introduce two-way SMS and e-mail by the end of the year, enabling Passengers to send and receive SMS or e-mail using their in-seat telephone handset, reports Wireless Newsfactor

Looks like Push-to-talk (PTT) is to become are regular feature of cell phone

Looks like Push-to-talk (PTT) is to become are regular feature of cell phone

Philippine expats working abroad can now receive picture messages from hom

Philippine expats working abroad can now receive picture messages from hom

The Financial Times is offering a wide range of content tailored for mobile phones and PDA

The Financial Times is offering a wide range of content tailored for mobile phones and PDA

The national wireless carriers — Verizon Wireless, Cingular, Sprint PCS , Nextel and AT&T, along with numerous regional companies — have agreed to adhere to a 10-part code of behavior that is intended to make it easier for consumers to compare prices and plan

The national wireless carriers — Verizon Wireless, Cingular, Sprint PCS , Nextel and AT&T, along with numerous regional companies — have agreed to adhere to a 10-part code of behavior that is intended to make it easier for consumers to compare prices and plan

Twenty one year-old Swiss born Markus Gisler, has invented a portable solar bag called the "Sunny Walker, which recharges cell phone batteries as well as batteries for other mobile devices such as PDAs, gameboys, video cameras,

Twenty one year-old Swiss born Markus Gisler, has invented a portable solar bag called the "Sunny Walker, which recharges cell phone batteries as well as batteries for other mobile devices such as PDAs, gameboys, video cameras,

Mobile operator O2, the official sponsor of the England Rugby team has produced the biggest England shirt in rugby histor

Mobile operator O2, the official sponsor of the England Rugby team has produced the biggest England shirt in rugby histor

As the clearing system for another year's higher education entrants nears an end, the University of Wales Institute Cardiff has adopted a text messaging service to contact UCAS applicants and current students, reports Revolution Magazin

As the clearing system for another year's higher education entrants nears an end, the University of Wales Institute Cardiff has adopted a text messaging service to contact UCAS applicants and current students, reports Revolution Magazin

By sending an SMS for 1 euro (approx $

By sending an SMS for 1 euro (approx $

Articles now confined to books, magazines, and similar print media will appear on phones and handhelds as wireless telecommunications proliferate--but it won't happen quickly or easily, reports Rafat Ali on Moco News, picking up on PC World's report on a "Wireless World" panel discussion, at the Seybold Seminars conference in San Francisco this wee

Articles now confined to books, magazines, and similar print media will appear on phones and handhelds as wireless telecommunications proliferate--but it won't happen quickly or easily, reports Rafat Ali on Moco News, picking up on PC World's report on a "Wireless World" panel discussion, at the Seybold Seminars conference in San Francisco this wee

Mike Masnick for Techdirt picks up on Kevin Cowherd's column in Maryland's SunSpo

Mike Masnick for Techdirt picks up on Kevin Cowherd's column in Maryland's SunSpo

Finland's Radiolinja and software expert PTV have developped a system which draws traffic information from the movement of mobile phones within the mobile communication network, enabling the euser to have access to almost real-time traffic informatio

Finland's Radiolinja and software expert PTV have developped a system which draws traffic information from the movement of mobile phones within the mobile communication network, enabling the euser to have access to almost real-time traffic informatio

Finland's Radiolinja and software expert PTV have developped a system which draws traffic information from the movement of mobile phones within the mobile communication network, enabling the euser to have access to almost real-time traffic informatio

Finland's Radiolinja and software expert PTV have developped a system which draws traffic information from the movement of mobile phones within the mobile communication network, enabling the euser to have access to almost real-time traffic informatio

Singapore mobile operator MobileOne has launched a new service that translates English SMS messages into Chinese, according to a statement from the compan

Singapore mobile operator MobileOne has launched a new service that translates English SMS messages into Chinese, according to a statement from the compan

Techdirt reports that in a series of new anti-corruption regulations, cell phones are being banned from UK's Jockey Club locker room

Techdirt reports that in a series of new anti-corruption regulations, cell phones are being banned from UK's Jockey Club locker room

If you go to ITWeb, South Africa's largest technology portal and read any of their articles, you will notice on the bottom of the page several options: "Send to a Friend", "Print", "Post a Comment"

If you go to ITWeb, South Africa's largest technology portal and read any of their articles, you will notice on the bottom of the page several options: "Send to a Friend", "Print", "Post a Comment"

The European Commission has published a call for proposals to help make the Internet and mobile phones a safer plac

The European Commission has published a call for proposals to help make the Internet and mobile phones a safer plac

Early adopters of mobile services in Vietnam will be able to send multimedia messages from the third quarter of 2003, reports Mobile SMS via 3G porta

Early adopters of mobile services in Vietnam will be able to send multimedia messages from the third quarter of 2003, reports Mobile SMS via 3G porta

Researchers have found a way of converting sugars into electricity with an efficiency that makes the technique suitable for use in cell phones, according to Cellular New

Researchers have found a way of converting sugars into electricity with an efficiency that makes the technique suitable for use in cell phones, according to Cellular New

The trauma of losing a mobile phone is usually not the handset but the phone numbers and saved text messages it contain

The trauma of losing a mobile phone is usually not the handset but the phone numbers and saved text messages it contain

Grete Irene Myrslett, 35, and Frode Tangedahl Stroemsoe, 31, got married this weekend in a phone booth in Norway, sponsored by Norway's state-run telecom, Telenor AS

Grete Irene Myrslett, 35, and Frode Tangedahl Stroemsoe, 31, got married this weekend in a phone booth in Norway, sponsored by Norway's state-run telecom, Telenor AS

Melbourne experts warn sleep-deprived teens are struggling to get up and go to school after sending text messages all night, reports The Herald Su

Melbourne experts warn sleep-deprived teens are struggling to get up and go to school after sending text messages all night, reports The Herald Su

Switzerland has coke dispensing machines that allow you to buy a soda with your cell phone, but in Japan, the Coca-Cola company is sending text messages to Japanese consumers, urging them to purchase a beverage from from one of hundreds of high-tech vending machines around the countr

Switzerland has coke dispensing machines that allow you to buy a soda with your cell phone, but in Japan, the Coca-Cola company is sending text messages to Japanese consumers, urging them to purchase a beverage from from one of hundreds of high-tech vending machines around the countr

Roland Piquepaille in Smart Mobs writes about "context-aware" technology, developped by Carnegie Mellon University researchers, enabling cell phones to react according to a users surroundings:

-- Phones that don't interrupt while you're talking to someon

Roland Piquepaille in Smart Mobs writes about "context-aware" technology, developped by Carnegie Mellon University researchers, enabling cell phones to react according to a users surroundings:

-- Phones that don't interrupt while you're talking to someon

According to Moco News, Irish start-up Wildwave has struck a deal with AT&T Wireless to provide European sports results to mobile users in North Americ

According to Moco News, Irish start-up Wildwave has struck a deal with AT&T Wireless to provide European sports results to mobile users in North Americ

In an insightful entry in Unwired News, we learn that cell-phone sales continue to grow at an average annual rate of 180 percent on eBay and that there are more than 150,000 live cell-phone listings at any given time, including accessories and service plan

In an insightful entry in Unwired News, we learn that cell-phone sales continue to grow at an average annual rate of 180 percent on eBay and that there are more than 150,000 live cell-phone listings at any given time, including accessories and service plan

Austereo Today's radio network is launching an SMS initiative that lets listeners get more information about the songs they like on the various stations, according to B&T Marketing Media via SMS: Business Gets the Message

A feature called Figjam allows listeners to send in an SMS to the station with the word “figjam” and receive in return the name of the song currently playing, the artist as well as details of the previous son

Austereo Today's radio network is launching an SMS initiative that lets listeners get more information about the songs they like on the various stations, according to B&T Marketing Media via SMS: Business Gets the Message

A feature called Figjam allows listeners to send in an SMS to the station with the word “figjam” and receive in return the name of the song currently playing, the artist as well as details of the previous son

During the course of the UN's World Summit on the Information Society to be held in Geneva from December 10 to 13 of this year, in a unique opportunity to engage citizens in a global dialogue, people from all over the world will be able to send in text messages, which will be projected almost instantly by a laser beam on mountains and buildings in Mumbai (Marine Drive), Rio de Janeiro (Morro dois Irmaos Mountain), New York (UN building) and lake Geneva's "Jet d'eau"(water fountain

During the course of the UN's World Summit on the Information Society to be held in Geneva from December 10 to 13 of this year, in a unique opportunity to engage citizens in a global dialogue, people from all over the world will be able to send in text messages, which will be projected almost instantly by a laser beam on mountains and buildings in Mumbai (Marine Drive), Rio de Janeiro (Morro dois Irmaos Mountain), New York (UN building) and lake Geneva's "Jet d'eau"(water fountain

According to David Levi, head of phone software firm Symbian, "The PDA is dead," or so he said to the BB

According to Mobile Tracker, there is nothing new about a cell phone with a built-in ability to record phone calls, following yesterday's hoopla over a new Japanese cell phone (cf Cell phone recording feature raises hackles

This is not really breaking news, since it's from a July New Scientist article, but I must have missed i

After Hollywood's move to license mobile games based on released blockbuster movies, and a console game's foray into launching a mobile game before the release of a much waited-for new game, a chocolate company is launching a cell phone game to promote it's new snac

More and more hospitals in the UK are sending text messages to patients to remind them of appointments, and though this policy has been hailed as a success, one public health doctor in London is waving a red flag, claiming such a policy will leave poorer people out in the col

Steve Outing on E-Media Tidbits reports that South Africa's Mail & Guardian offers news to subscribers' cell phones by text messagin

Writing about the secret of their own success, The Daily Telegraph describes what makes them so successfu

Hopefully, this is the last we will hear about whether or not divorce by SMS in the muslim faith is legal in Malaysi

In an awareness raising article, Business Week looks into new cell phones launching in Japan with a feature that lets people record calls -- and may soon raise privacy hackles everywher

An Israeli scientist said on Wednesday his team had found a way to break into mobile phone calls on ubiquitous GSM networks, potentially allowing eavesdroppers to listen in on conversations and even take on a caller's identit

In Malaysia, victims of incest and domestic violence who are afraid to come forward can now seek counselling and help through a text messaging hotline set up by a public complaints burea

A girl of 15 was raped in the UK after her first meeting with a man she contacted by texting on her mobile phone, it was revealed yesterda

The use of SMS to add interactivity to TV programmes is facing a potential threat from British iTV entertainment company YooMedia PLC, who claims the company holds a worldwide patent for synchronised interactivity between a TV or radio show and a mobile phon

The BBC will work with China's internet company Sin

fastmobile is launching its push-to-talk mobile service, fastchat, into the European mobile retail market, reports Unstrun

In New Dehli, Mobile Mantra, a local messaging solution company has developed software for parents and teachers to keep in touch through Text Messagin

Avoiding queues at the temples such as the elephant-headed god Ganesh, during the course of Bombay's biggest religious festival, Hindus are sending their prayers by SMS, thanks to a service offered by BPL Mobile cellular operato

Thomas Beckett posted an entry yesterday in Smart Mobs, on Joanna

After two years of stagnation, sales of cellphone handsets world-wide rose 12% in the second quarter of 2003 amid growth in Asia, Latin America and developing markets in Central and Eastern Europe, according to research firm Gartner Inc, reports the WS

Taito Corp, a major Japanese leasing company of arcade game and karaoke machines, has just launched wild animal screensavers for mobile user

Porn queen Danni Ashe -- who is one of the world's preeminent female Internet CEO's, recognized as having created a model web-based business with consistent growth -- thanks to one the most popular adult Web sites on the Internet, Danni's Hard Drive", has gone wireles

Singaporeans who send text messages on their mobile phones while driving face a fine of up to 1,000 Singapore dollars (US$570) and six months in jail, police said Tuesday, reports Newsda

Yet another community text messaging service from Scotland, this time the Scottish citizens Advice Bureau is introducing an SMS initiative to mark the start of "National Advice Week" which begins next Monda

As a yearly event, the BBC tests the nation's general knowledge with a national quiz which can be answered with a pen and paper watching television (this coming Saturday, at

In another example of how Business is using SMS, Australian real estate company Hocking Stuart offers their potential clients up-to-the-minute listings via email and text messages, allowing buyers and vendors to receive relevant information in a personalised and private wa

Malaysians will soon be able to use text messaging to verify voting information and book inter-city bus tickets, according to official news agency Bernama, reported by C/Net Asi

Ex-lovers who send persistent nuisance SMS messages could be fined up to £5,000 with new regulations from UK telephone regulator OFTEL that aim to plug the gap between trivial and criminal behaviour, according to 160character

According to Silico

During the course of The Paris Saint-Denis World Athletic Championships held in Paris from August 23 through August 31st, 500'000 spectators were able to send (premium rate) text messages of encouragement to their favorite athletes, which were alternately displayed on two giants screen in the stadiu

Not only are ringing cell phones (understandably) forbidden when riding on Japanese public transportation, but as of September 15, Toky and Kanto train passengers will only be allowed to send e-mail messages and surf the mobile Internet on phones set to silent or "manner mode", according to Asah

Greek mobile operator Telestet is offering tarot card reading by MN

Local Scottish authorities are using text messaging to spread information on a range of services as it has realised that a high percentage of people living in disadvantaged areas have mobile phones, while the Internet usage in disadvantaged households is comparatively lowe