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Articles tagged with: Instant Messaging and Sms
Communicating with more than words
ICT is all about communication but it has never provided the semantic richness offered by the non-verbal cues that typically pepper face-to-face conversation. Thanks to European researchers, that is about to change. more
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Ericsson to trial rich communication services on Spainish network
Ericsson is to trial multimedia applications based on the Rich Communication Suite standard in cooperation with Spain's Telefónica. This is the world's first live demonstration of interoperable rich communication services. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, mms, rsa, ict, ericsson, telefonica, sony, rcs, Spain
Acision Syncs SMS with Instant Messaging
Acision has announced that Russian mobile operator, MTS is using its Instant Messaging solution to offer an enhanced messaging experience to its subscribers. Combining the Acision Person to Person Gateway with core elements from Colibria's product portfolio - including the Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS) - Acision's Instant Messaging solution provided integration between mobile instant messaging and SMS. more
Related Tags: mobile-messaging, rsa, ict, acision, mts, mobile-instant-messaging, presence, Russia
SMS and MMS Set the Cash Registers Ringing in the Nth American Mobile Market
Mobile carriers profit heavily from short message services (SMS) and multimedia messaging services (MMS), with volumes more than doubling annually. The North American mobile messaging market is in a state of rapid adoption and high revenue growth, with billions of dollars generated in SMS revenue from a user base that covers half of the mobile user population in the region. more
Related Tags: mms, mobile-messaging, USA
Mobile Operator Revenues to Top $1 Trillion in 2011
In 2007, operators worldwide generated more than US$800 billion in mobile revenues. A report from Portio Research now expects this to to reach US$1,094.9 billion by year-end 2012, growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 6.4 percent. The US$1-trillion mark is expected to be reached by year-end 2011. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, mobile-data, arpu, rsa, mobile-im, mobile-video, mobile-instant-messaging
AOL to Enable Push Email and IM on BlackBerry Phones
AOL and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the availability of AOL's AIM and ICQ instant messaging services as well as AOL Mail on BlackBerry smartphones. Users will also benefit from integration between AIM, ICQ and the BlackBerry Address Book. Users will be able to associate a contact in their IM contact list to the respective contact in their BlackBerry Address Book (and vice versa), which will allow the user to initiate an IM session from within their BlackBerry Address Book and initiate a phone call, email, SMS or MMS from within their AIM or ICQ session. more
Related Tags: microsoft, mms, rsa, smartphones, blackberry, research-in-motion, 3
Messaging Hub Provided Interoperability Between MMS, SMS and IM
Syniverse Technologies and Colibria have announced a messaging hub solution which will deliver seamless interworking between operators for IM, SMS, MMS and presence applications. Syniverse is a provider of technology and business solutions and Colibria is a provider of instant messaging and presence solutions. more
Related Tags: mms, mobile-messaging, colibria, syniverse, interoperability
Txt Crimes, Sex Crimes and Murder - The Science of Forensic Linguistics
Text and instant messaging may soon cease to be an anonymous method of communication as advances in forensic linguistic research make it possible to identify the sender and also predict the gender and age of the author with some degree of success. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, rsa, o2, tim, text-messages, police, text-message, UK
Global Consumer Mobile Messaging To Exceed $88 Billion By 2012
Total spending on mobile messaging services by consumers will rise 15% from $65 billion in 2007 to over $88 billion by 2012, according to a new Strategy Analytics report. Although SMS will continue to contribute to the vast share of consumer messaging spend, the availability of low-cost flat-rate data plans will enable rapid growth in usage of traditional PC based messaging services, such as email and instant messaging via mobile. more
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