A different kind of share for Facebook CEO
Mark Bridge writes:
What a week for Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Not content with transforming his company through its stock market flotation, he then went on to marry. What does this reveal? Well, he’s clearly capable of multi-tasking and he’d rather wear a suit for social occasions than for work.
The European Union’s new charges for mobile ‘roaming’ when abroad have been agreed by the European parliament and will become law from 1st July 2012. Overall, consumers are expected to save 75% across roaming calls, text messages and data compared with 2007 prices.
As well as reduced costs for voice calls and SMS messages, new price caps for mobile data will be introduced.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Facebook is killing off SMS traffic and SMS revenue for mobile networks, according to a new research note from Strand Consult. It says the ‘golden days’ of messaging growth are over as consumers increasingly use Facebook to keep in touch.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Nottingham-based Esendex Limited has been supporting businesses with messaging services for over ten years. Yet with SMS messaging celebrating its 20th birthday in the UK this year, it would be easy to think the no-nonsense short message is now being threatened by social networking, mobile email and picture messages.
That’s not the case, explained Geoff Love, Chief Commercial Officer of Esendex.
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Text messaging remains a popular way for businesses to keep in touch with staff and customers - despite the appearance of newer, more sophisticated services. Geoff Love of Esendex explains the appeal of SMS messaging.
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