News archive: Text messaging

Text messaging, or SMS, is a fun and fast way to communicate. And it's cheaper than calls, too.

In our text messaging news section, you can find out about all the latest text messaging trends as well as specialist tariffs for heavy text messagers.

iPhone app arrives for red-top love rats

Posted 2nd March 2010 by Matt Dixon

An app that brands text messages with an expiry date has been developed - sadly too late for the now-jilted Ashley Cole.
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Britons are text mad, study shows

Posted 2nd February 2010 by Matt Dixon

Britons' love affair with SMS messages shows no sign of cooling off, with 11 million texts now sent every hour.
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Text messages aid kids' spelling say experts

Posted 22nd January 2010 by Jonathan Leggett

New research suggests that text messages can improve a child's spelling skills.
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Billions wasted on inclusive tariffs

Posted 21st January 2010 by Matt Dixon

An estimated £13 billion is spent on free texts and minutes than never get used.
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Chinese authorities monitor text messages

Posted 19th January 2010 by Matt Dixon

The Chinese government now scans billions of texts sent by mobile owning Chinese citizens.
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Orange predicts Christmas text messaging to break records

Posted 23rd December 2009 by Matt Dixon

Orange has forecast that the highest ever volumes of SMS and MMS text messages will be sent this festive season.
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Ofcom report ranks Brits as top texters

Posted 18th December 2009 by Alex Buttle

Industry regulator Ofcom reveals that UK residents are in touch with new technology.
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Vodafone adds SMS retweets to Twitter offering

Posted 20th November 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

Vodafone customers will be able to retweet messages using SMS.
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O2 mobile phone customers hit by data services outage

Posted 22nd July 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

Mobile phone data services from O2 were suspended yesterday after a fault hit the network.
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O2 mobile phone customers to get free Twitter updates

Posted 15th July 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

O2 mobile phone customers are in line for free Twitter updates, the network has confirmed.
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iPhones double market share

Posted 22nd May 2009 by Marie-Louise Abretti

Four million Apple iPhones were sold during the first quarter of this year alone.
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Vodafone unveils tweeting service for customers

Posted 30th March 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

Vodafone customers will soon be able to update their Twitter pages via SMS, with the launch of a new service.
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EU acts decisively to cut SMS and call charges

Posted 25th March 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

Consumers will benefit from reduced text and call charges when using their handset in the EU from July.
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T-Mobile revamps Business Plan-1

Posted 20th January 2009 by Jonathan Leggett

T-Mobile has announced changes to make its Business-1 plan cheaper and simpler to understand, as it aims to capitalise on credit-crunch companies looking to cut bills in the face of the downturn.
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