Guest article: SMS and OTT – a complex relationship

By Sandra Vogel • May 22, 2013

Pamela Clark-Dickson of Informa Telecoms & Media examines the relationship between OTT apps and SMS traffic and concludes that while there is a decline …

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Guest article: SMS and OTT – a complex relationship

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Acision comment on Informa messaging research

By Sandra Vogel • April 30, 2013

JF Sullivan, CMO of Acision comments on the recent Informa messaging research
There can be no denying that over the past few years we have …

OTT messaging overtakes SMS – but SMS is safe

By Sandra Vogel • April 29, 2013

Analyst Informa has published research which shows that daily OTT messaging traffic has overtaken daily P2P SMS traffic in terms of volume. An average …

Nokia Asha 210 is world’s first phone with WhatsApp button

By Sandra Vogel • April 29, 2013

Nokia has announced its Asha 210, a low cost handset that can support two SIMs and has a dedicated button for WhatsApp.
The Asha 210 …

Grammar and spelling not affected by ‘text speak’

By Sandra Vogel • April 26, 2013

There are those who believe that ‘c u l8r’ and other SMS shortcuts are giving young people bad habits when it comes to writing …

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Guest article: SMS and OTT – a complex relationship

By Sandra Vogel • May 22, 2013

Pamela Clark-Dickson of Informa Telecoms & Media examines the relationship between OTT apps and SMS traffic and concludes that while there is a decline …

Guest article: service – with an SMS

By Sandra Vogel • May 15, 2013

Mark Oppermann, development director at contact centre platform leader VoiceSage says smart operators need to be pre-emptive in their use of SMS.
Smart operators need …

Guest article: creating a messaging framework for future networks

By Sandra Vogel • May 8, 2013

Terry McCabe, CTO of Mavenir Systems discusses how operators can evolve their networks into a cost effective next generation messaging framework
 
4G is here and …

Guest article: Why SMS is more effective for business than web chat apps

By Sandra Vogel • May 1, 2013

Julian Hucker, CEO and co-founder of Esendex brushes off the threat of OTT and argues that the golden age for business SMS is yet …

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LTE World Summit Announces Shortlist for LTE Awards

London, 21 May 2013 – Submissions for the Telecoms.com LTE Awards have reached record numbers again this year as the organisers of LTE World Summit, which provides the backdrop for the awards, today announced those companies on the shortlist. This come…

Movius Launching CAFÉ Cloud Solution Stateside

ATLANTA – May 20, 2013 – Movius Interactive Corporation is taking the next step in its global strategy to launch its CAFÉ cloud solution to service providers around the world. The company is targeting Europe, Asia and the US as key regions to offe…

The Messaging Manifesto

For many people messaging, especially SMS, is old news and no longer relevant. Of course we here at 160Characters know that to be wrong. …

160Characters Breakfast Briefing 26 January 2012: Event report

In the second of a series of Breakfast Briefings, sponsored by Acision, 160Characters panelists and audience discusses two key topics for the mobile messaging …

Guest article: SMS and OTT – a complex relationship

Pamela Clark-Dickson of Informa Telecoms & Media examines the relationship between OTT apps and SMS traffic and concludes that while there is a decline …

Guest article: service – with an SMS

Mark Oppermann, development director at contact centre platform leader VoiceSage says smart operators need to be pre-emptive in their use of SMS.
Smart operators need …

Acision comment on Informa messaging research

JF Sullivan, CMO of Acision comments on the recent Informa messaging research
There can be no denying that over the past few years we have …

OTT messaging overtakes SMS – but SMS is safe

Analyst Informa has published research which shows that daily OTT messaging traffic has overtaken daily P2P SMS traffic in terms of volume. An average …