Prizes for the ‘best' text message

SMS is the new Black (www.smsisthenewblack.co.uk) is launching a new competition for the best text message sent or received in January 2009.

For the best messages AQA (www.aqa.63336.com) is giving away five versions of its excellent book, Brilliant Answers. Featuring the most brilliant answers on subjects ranging from Russell Brand to Dangermouse, from holy handgrenades to the world's most bizarre experiments, Brilliant Answers is an unputdownable compendium of essential and not-so-essential facts and opinions for everyday life in the UK.

iPhone unlocking chip SIMable reports strong sales to DACHS region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland

London, UK 27th January 2009, It was reported today that up to 70% of online sales of the unlocking chip SIMable are to the DACHS region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland alone.

Throughout this region, both the Apple iPhone 3G and the Nokia BB5 range hold a very high market share, and prove very difficult to unlock from the original network providers. SIMable, available at www.SIMable.com claims to “virtually” unlock these handsets by freeing up the SIM card, and not physically unlocking the handset.

Traffic licence fees removed for SMS infrastructure

Dublin, 27th January 2009: Anam, a pioneer of the value-added SMS services market, has today announced another pioneering move by removing the charge for capacity licences for its Eclipse SMSX short messaging platform. The move frees up operators from the worry and cost of buying additional licences as SMS traffic volumes increase, allowing them to simply and easily introduce more SMS based services.

Previously, SMS infrastructure has been priced on a volume basis with mobile operators paying higher license fees if they wanted their network to be able to process more messages. This meant that every time there was an increase in volume, operators’s costs also increased.

• Multi-lingual SMS services brings mobile banking to widest market

Potsdam, Germany, 27 January, 2009: Derdack, provider of mobile messaging platforms and notification workflow software today announced that al khaliji, a next generation bank based in Qatar, is live on message master(R) xsp. Derdack’s mobile messaging platform has become an integral part of a dynamic and reliable technology base that will support the bank’s strategic business objectives.

“message master(R) xsp met our current and future business requirements better than any other system.  We were impressed with its flexibility, ease of use and range of messaging functionality.  It has proved to be a reliable and stable system that is easy to configure and maintain,” said Ahmad Kandeel, Principal, Information and Communication Technology, al khaliji.