Think about it: what other industry or company do you know of that charges you for service every month but you cannot start using the service for four months? Go ahead, I will give you a few minutes.

Vector flat phone chat bubbles. Sms messages. Speech bubbles. Short message service bubbles.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Ihor Kashurin) Q: I received a text message from 77958 with a security code for ...

Of the companies I saw yesterday at the Under the Radar: Mobility conference (more stories), the most audacious, and therefore my favorite, was Zoove. This company makes a service and a technology ...

ValueFirst Messaging Pvt. Ltd. launches short code SMS services for sales lead generation and customer interaction and customer relationship management via SMS. The ValueFirst short code SMS services ...

As carrier filtering tightens and 10DLC throughput limits frustrate enterprise senders, Tells.co reports surge in ...

Text messaging is a preferred communication channel with a 97 percent open rate. Businesses can reach busy customers with relevant and time sensitive information at the rate of 35 messages per second ...

The Public Knowledge advocacy group stepped up its campaign to get the Federal Communications Commission to make it clear that wireless text messaging and short codes fall under the Communications Act ...

Verizon Wireless? decision to block SMS search and alert service 4Info?s flagship common short code on Friday, Dec. 4 was allegedly due to a dust-up over following industry guidelines. The Basking ...

Canadians love firing off text messages using short codes, but surprise fees and subscription clauses are creating a wireless wild west that needs to be more strictly regulated, a consumer watchdog ...