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US mobile subscribers’ response to Haiti appeal sets a high standard for SMS donations
The earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12 is a tragedy of devastating proportions. The official death toll stood at 111,500 as of Jan. 24, according to the Haitian government officials, with another 200,000 people reported injured. Just 132 people were pulled alive from collapsed buildings in the past two weeks. In addition to losing their loved ones and their homes, millions of Haitians also lack the basic necessities of life: food, water and clothing among them. It is a desperate situation. Read the rest of this entry »
Google has issued a wake-up call to the mobile advertising industry by highlighting the fact that it doesn’t yet have an SMS advertising capability
The mobile industry is buzzing about Internet giant Google’s proposed US$750 million, all-stock acquisition of mobile advertising network AdMob, which was announced November 9. It is a huge deal, and seemingly an acknowledgement by Google that it has not been able to sufficiently develop its own mobile advertising capabilities internally, even though it has been offering mobile display search advertisements for some time. Read the rest of this entry »
SpinVox defense highlights technology and privacy, but does relatively little to allay concerns over its finances
The UK-based text-to-screen provider SpinVox has been forced to issue two strongly-worded statements on July 23 and July 26, in which it defended its technology platform and the way that it offers its speech-to-text services.
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Infrastructure deals indicate cellcos’ willingness to continue investing in messaging
There may have been fewer attendees at Mobile World Congress this year, but from the point of view of the economic health of the telecoms sector, that may not necessarily have been a bad thing. In the downturn, companies are focusing on reducing their extraneous costs which means that they could justify sending to MWC only those of their employees who would be able to generate the most value from attending. Little wonder then, that a consensus is emerging that there were fewer tyre-kickers at this year’s show, but that there was still a reasonable amount of business being done.
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Pamela Clark-Dickson
Pamela Clark-Dickson is the editor of Mobile Messaging Analyst, a continuous research service published by Informa Telecoms & Media. Mobile Messaging Analyst covers developments in the mobile messaging industry sectors globally. In her role, Pamela is responsible for determining the editorial direction of Mobile Messaging Analyst, and for contributing content to the Mobile Content and Applications Intelligence Center. Her areas of expertise cover all aspects of mobile messaging in the consumer, enterprise and marketing industry sectors, including SMS, MMS, mobile e-mail, mobile instant messaging and voice SMS. Pamela also recently wrote the messaging chapter for ITM’s Mobile Content and Services report. She has 12 years experience in the telecoms sector as a journalist and analyst, and previously worked for Informa as editor of Mobile Media and Mobile Games Analyst.
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