Mavis Nonkongozelo walks up to the Five Sisters convenience store here, then pulls a mobile phone from her bag and a few rands from her brassiere. She is ready to bank. With a few taps on her cellphone, the 34-year old preschool teacher connects to a nascent mobile-banking network aimed at Africa’s new consumers. The [...]
A team led by a Libyan-American telecom executive has helped rebels hijack Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s cellphone network and re-establish their own communications. The new network, first plotted on an airplane napkin and assembled with the help of oil-rich Arab nations, is giving more than two million Libyans their first connections to each other and the [...]
Across Afghanistan, insurgents have destroyed mobile phone network towers of companies that refuse to shut them down when ordered, arguing foreign forces use the signals to monitor militants. Telephone operators were ordered to cut all signals in Helmand about two weeks ago, and complied immediately, a reminder of militant power in a highly contested area [...]
Half of consumers are using their phones to help make shopping decisions, suggesting that old-style feature phones have a place in the market, according to a new survey. The report, by Arc Worldwide, based on a survey of 1,800 U.S. mobile phone users and a smaller qualitative study with 30 mobile shoppers, shows 50% of [...]
As the fallout from the Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown tragedy continues to unfold, Americans want to help. We learned from the Haiti disaster that the easiest thing to do is to text a donation to our favorite relief organization. But, unlike Haiti, did you know that a text donation will take as long as three months [...]
If you are in Denmark, you can follow the life of a homeless man called Allan via an SMS service.Allan lives on the streets of Copenhagen and subscribers to the service will receive three text messages a day, for two consecutive days. One of Allan’s messages reads: “I just woke up. Slept on a bench [...]
GOMOTEXT.COM, today announced the release of its much awaited SMS Reminders Application Suite. If you run a professional or personal services business that depends on appointments or reservations and keep a strict schedule, you need to curtail missed opportunities. Every no show means wasted time and money. SMS Reminder Suite is a robust automated system [...]
AT&T today said its customers can make free calls and text messages to Japan through March, in response to the devastation from the earthquake and tsunami last week. “We want to help our customers connect with loved ones in Japan in any way we can,” said Mark Collins, AT&T’s senior vice president. “Connecting with family [...]
HSBC Bank customers have been receiving fraudulent text messages in recent days asking them to dial in to a 1-800 number and enter their account information over the phone. Customer service personnel at HSBC confirmed that the text message scam had impacted numerous bank customers since Monday, but a spokesman for the bank said there [...]
A similar system is set for launch in Denmark on April 1st allowing users to send a text message, prompting a special code to be sent back. The code is then written down on the letter and serves as proof of the postage having been paid, the Sydsvenskan newspaper reports. “We’re very interested and are [...]
