Type an SMS message in English and receive a text back with its Spanish or Chinese translation. Muuzii came out of AT&T’s developer program, but it plans to expand to more… Read more »
Virgin Mobile is launching a new PayLo option targeted at either the hard-core texter or the hard-core voice user. The catch is you have to choose between one or the other. Read more »
An SMS poll can be a powerful thing if the audience you’re tracking relies solely on mobile phones for their connectivity. GeoPoll is putting text and voice surveys to work in… Read more »
Truphone’s international service zone just got 58 countries bigger. Its business customers can now travel from Europe to China to Mexico while tapping the same bucket of minutes, text messages and gigabytes. Read more »
AT&T was the first major U.S. carrier to launch an all-VoIP phone, but Verizon promised to outdo its rival when it finally brings VoLTE online. Verizon said it will launch nationwide… Read more »
Rebtel is an OTT communications company with ambitions of being much more than a cheap international calling service. It has spun off its VoIP and messaging network into a new company… Read more »
T-Mobile is now campaigning to end overage charges in all cases, eliminating its own fees on older plans. Overage fees aren’t inherently evil, but the way they’re implemented in the U.S… Read more »
E-Plus is offering up a cheap prepaid SIM-card plan that exempts WhatsApp traffic from its data plan, effectively creating a mobile service that leans primarily on over-the-top messaging for communication. Read more »
Carriers are slowly turning on voice-over-LTE in their networks, but they’re not doing it for the benefit of consumers. Rather they’ve got enterprises services — and enterprise pocketbooks — in mind. Read more »
There’s plenty of consumer data that can be mined in Africa, but it just happens to be controlled by the mobile operators. TA Telecom CEO Amr Shady explains how startups can… Read more »