People want to use SMS even more in their daily lives. In an extensive survey of the UK market by mobile messaging and mobile payments specialists Dialogue Communications more than 67% of mobile users would like to receive reminders or alerts by text for everything from medical appointments to bill payments.

The Dialogue survey, whose findings are announced today, support a recent report put together by telecoms regulator Ofcom, which showed the UK as a world leader in SMS messaging, being named the second highest texting nation in the world as an estimated 83 billion SMS messages are sent every year, coming only second to the US, averaging 830 billion.

The Dialogue study, which asked participants how they usually and how they would like to receive appointment reminders, found that although only three per cent of people currently receive reminders by text – with 83 per cent coming through post – over 67 per cent would be happy to receive text reminders or alerts in the future.

Read more: Dialogue Survey Discovers People Want More With SMS

Core Facts

  • ELLEuk.com, digital home to the world’s biggest-selling fashion magazine and number one destination for the fashion obsessed user in the UK, is launching their first iPhone application giving FREE access to ELLE’s hugely popular Horoscope content.
  • Receive on-the-go daily, monthly and yearly astrological updates straight to your phone, provided by ELLE’s resident astrologers, The Saturn Sisters, who in themselves have attracted a large and loyal following with daily visitors to the ELLEuk.com site. 380,000 monthly horoscopes read on ELLEuk.com
  • App to be updated daily
  • Completely free to download
Read more: ElleUK launch iPhone App

 Intec platform integral to WIND Mobile’s operation as Canada’s first national wireless carrier in over a decade

  London/Atlanta, January 26, 2010 – Intec, a global provider of business support systems (BSS) solutions, today announced the addition of Globalive’s WIND Mobile, an innovative Canadian mobile service provider, to its marquee list of telecom customers.  Globalive selected Intec in 2009 to power its WIND Mobile brand for its Canadian wireless service launch which went live in December 2009.    The partnership covered the license and implementation of Intec’s market-leading portfolio of products including Intec Convergent Billing and Customer Management (Singl.eView), Intec Total Service Mediation (Inter-mediatE and Inter-activatE) and Intec’s settlement solution.   “We chose Intec as a partner due to their tightly integrated, customer-centric platform approach, which completely supports our vision of a customer-focused wireless carrier,” commented Scott Waller, CIO WIND Mobile.

Read more: Intec Solution Portfolio Powers WIND Mobile in Canada

ascom has chosen to deploy Unified Communications as its new communications platform. The newly created Division “Network Testing” will communicate internationally across three continents at more than 20 locations in an initial step, with the platform linking some 600 users.

ascom is renowned as an international provider of Security and Wireless Solutions. The new Division “Network Testing” emerges from the business unit TEMS and Telecom Solutions. Employees are located worldwide, distributed across three continents. Efficient communication is a critical factor for the Division’s success.

Read more: ascom communicates innovatively.

Truphone to deliver Truphone Local Anywhere™ voice and data services using Vodafone UK’s network

London, 20 January 2010 - Truphone™ today announced a strategic MVNO partnership with Vodafone UK. The agreement will give Truphone access to Vodafone UK's network to deliver voice and data services to its Truphone Local Anywhere™ customers.

The partnership is the first in a series of building blocks for the launch of Truphone Local Anywhere, a global SIM-based mobile service, launching today. Similar wholesale partnerships are being put together in other key travel destinations around the world in time for launch and rollout throughout 2010.

Read more: Truphone™ and Vodafone UK enter strategic MVNO partnership