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Articles tagged with: Text Messages and Text Message
Charity Text Messages to be Tax Free in the UK
Premium rate text messages sent in the UK as a way of donating to charities will no longer be subjected to a sales tax, under a deal agreed by the Mobile Data Association. The new framework means charities of all sizes will be able to receive an additional 15% (standard rate of VAT) for donations sent via text message. In the past this has only happened for large national charitable events such as Comic Relief. more
Related Tags: mobile-data-association, charity, telefonica-o2, vat, UK
The Gap in Call Quality Performance among US Mobile Networks Narrows
As the wireless services industry becomes more competitive, the gap in call quality performance between the highest- and lowest-ranked carriers is smaller compared with previous years, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. more
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O2 Launches Electronic Replacement for "Fridge Notes"
UK based mobile network, O2 has shown off a device which it says will "take the place of all the notes traditionally placed on the fridge door", and will send text message reminders which mean every family member will know who needs to be where by when. more
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Older Adults Increasingly Adopt Text Messaging
New research from US operator, Sprint Nextel confirms that the under-30 crowd is definitely texting in mass, and they're driving their parents to text, too. The number of adults who are texting has risen from just two years ago, when a 2006 Pew Research study cited that 13 percent of adults ages 50-64 used the text messaging function on their mobile phone. The Sprint study reveals that now 20 percent of adults ages 55-64 send text messages. more
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Text Messaging Important for People in a Relationship
According to a survey commissioned by AT&T, 40 percent of texters who are in a relationship or dating believe that text messaging plays a significant or very significant role in their relationships. more
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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: sms, text-messaging, rsa, o2, tim, instant-messaging, police, terrorist, texting, marine, UK
EU Source: Plan Would Cap Cross-Border Phone Texts at 11 Cents
BRUSSELS (AFP)--The E.U.'s telecommunications commissioner has drafted plans to regulate the price of sending cross-border text messages by mobile phones in the bloc with a cap of 11 euro cents, an official said Wednesday. more
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INTERVIEW: EU Reding: Telcos Must Cut Data Roaming Fees More
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- European mobile phone operators must continue to cut data roaming charges and ensure customers are properly informed of them, European Union Communications Commissioner Viviane Reding said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires this week. more
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EU Plans to Cut Roaming SMS Costs
The 2.5 billion text messages sent every year by roaming customers in the European Union cost over 10 times more than domestic short messages (SMS) - claims figures released by the European Commission. The average cost of a roaming text message in the EU between October 2007 and March 2008 was ¢â€š¬0.29 according to the European Regulators' Group (ERG), but can be as high as ¢â€š¬0.80 for travellers from Belgium. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, european-commission, roaming, eu, danger, borders, union, parliament, european-parliament
Orange Sending Text Messages to Promote Guinea Health Campaign
Mobile operator, Orange Guinea is to send a text message to every single one of its subscribers to promote a health campaign being run by the NGO Helen Keller International which aims to distribute vitamin A tablets to 1.5 million children in the country. more
Related Tags: orange, health, tablets, Guinea
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