In the UK, ITV (with the aforementioned Popstars), Channel 5, and Channel 4 (through its E4 offshoot) are starting to integrate programmes with SMS messaging, using it to encourage viewer voting and to deliver permission-based advertising.
SMS voting, ring-tone downloading and other SMS services require each network set up special numbers. Currently, a company that wishes to offer this kind of SMS service has to negotiate with each of the UK's four mobile networks separately for a...
Companies operating in the European Union may have to obtain the consent of mobile phone users before sending commercial messages via SMS, following a landmark ruling in Brussels last week. At the moment, there are no restrictions on the use of SMS...
The Muslim court may fine husbands who divorce their wives through the short messaging service - SMS - RM 1,000 (£163.12) and above. Divorce via impersonal channels like SMS, emails, letters, faxes and telephone calls will not be validated by the...
Police in the state of Melaka in west Malaysia have received 300 SMS messages from the public since the scheme was launched on 5 September, said a report from official news agency Bernama. Malaysian can now check voter registration information...
European mobile operators should brace themselves for enforced price cuts for SMS roaming, predicts an analyst. Angela Stainthorpe, research analyst and author of the report Global Mobile Roaming: Operator Strategies and Market Trends, said in a...