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New EU roaming charges confirmed for 1st July

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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Samsung to acquire cloud-based entertainment company mSpot

Samsung Electronics is acquiring cloud-based entertainment service mSpot. It plans to use the California-based business to provide music, video and radio services to Samsung customers and says it’ll extend mSpot’s cloud and streaming solutions to a broader consumer base.

Entertainment from mSpot will be integrated with new Samsung mobile devices.

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Is Facebook killing SMS?

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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We interview Geoff Love of Esendex about business SMS messaging

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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Podcast - 11th May 2012

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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