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Blog on the future of mobile messaging

2008-04-08T03:13:00.000-07:00

http://www.mobilemessaging2.com/

YFM, investor in 2sms, is acquired by the GLE Group.

2008-04-08T03:02:00.000-07:00

YFM Press release

Sale creates powerful national force for UK's growing businesses

YFM Group has been acquired by GLE Group, a leading provider of investment and advisory services to small and growing businesses. YFM’s Head Office in Leeds will remain the focus of YFM Group’s activities and the YFM brand will be retained. The combined businesses will now employ over 320 highly qualified staff in the UK and on the Continent, and take funds under management to £335 million. “The union with GLE will enable the continued activity of both investment arms, YFM Venture Finance and YFM Private Equity, in addressing the perceived gap in the market for risk capital. “ said Peter Garnham, Managing Director of YFM Venture Finance.

GLE currently operates a range of businesses, including property investment and development, business finance, business development and an economic development consultancy.
YFM Business Development, which manages the Manufacturing Advisory Service in the Yorkshire & Humber region, will work closely with the business development team at GLE.
“The joining of GLE and YFM will open up new opportunities for both businesses“, said Martin Large, Chief Executive, GLE. “Both companies share a similar history and a passion for innovative solutions for small businesses. The union will further build on the national presence and strong reputation of YFM. I very much look forward to a very positive future for GLE and YFM”. “Joining forces makes logical sense for YFM employees, clients, partners and the wider business community. YFM’s businesses fit very well alongside GLE’s Growth Capital and Business Development activities and together both Groups will be significantly stronger.” said David Hall, Managing Director of YFM Private Equity.

About GLE Group
GLE, a leading economic development company delivering investment, products and services to promote small business growth, is headquartered in London with satellite offices spanning the South East, Brussels, and Prague. A trusted partner in small business support and equity finance, GLE is renowned for innovation and commitment to developing products, investment and services to maximise the potential of individuals, small enterprises and growing businesses. By bringing together commercial know-how in economic development, finance and
regeneration GLE delivers key public policy objectives. For more information, visit www.gle.co.uk

About YFM Group
From ten regional offices the YFM Group, through its FSA registered arms YFM Venture Finance and YFM Private Equity, manage circ £300 million of funds for both institutional and retail clients. Investors include UK clearing banks, pension funds, private individuals, large corporates, the European Investment Fund and local, national and European governments combined with the Regional Development Agencies. Our team of over 40 investment managers specialise in making investments with equity of up to £8 million, although the leveraging effect of venture capital means that the total value of the deal can be much larger. YFM Group are the small business investment specialists and are the UK’s most active investor in SMEs (as
verified by Venture Index), and have been successfully backing businesses since 1982.
In the 12 months to end of March 2008 YFM Group invested £47 million in deals worth over £220 million in 91 companies across the UK.

2sms service updates

2008-04-08T02:59:00.001-07:00

2sms is now publishing it's serivce updates in a new section of its support forum.
http://www.2sms.com/Forum/messages.aspx?ForumID=12

This information is also supplied in RSS format. Subscribe to http://www.2sms.com/Forum/rssfeed.aspx?id=12&Task=ForumRSS

Auto charging

2008-04-08T02:52:00.000-07:00

In response to customer requests, 2sms is now able to offer auto charging. Once setup, a customer can arrange for 2sms to issue an auto-invoice when their account balance gets low. This process is automatic. This new service provides reassurance to a customer that they will never run out of messages in time of need.

The auto charging service is provided at no extra cost, and may be subject to a credit check.

2sms support forum

2008-03-25T05:20:00.001-07:00

2sms has updated it's support forum at www.2sms.com/forum. This area is used by customers to pose technical questions to the 2sms IT support team.

All the support forums also are available as RSS news feeds.
http://www.2sms.com/Forum/rssfeed.aspx?id=11&Task=ForumRSS

CTIA Las Vegas 2008

2008-03-25T05:08:00.000-07:00

2sms will be attending CTIA April 1-3. Antonio Villacorta and Thomas Heidelberg will represent 2sms. 877-2sms-com for more information. http://www.ctiawireless.com/

Fierce Wireless - Growing US market for SMS

2008-03-25T04:59:00.001-07:00

http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/sms-delivery-mess/2008-02-26?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

2008-03-18T13:25:00.000-07:00

2sms is pleased to announce that it is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. 2sms has recently implemented Microsoft SQL server 2005 enterprise edition for its main database platform.

M+A article on 2sms

2008-03-18T02:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.mandadeals.co.uk/m-and-a-deals/269431/vc-funding-for-b2b-text-messaging-specialist.thtml

2sms opens office in Chicago, USA

2008-03-06T19:38:00.000-08:00

2sms has opened an office in Chicago, USA. Located close to O'Hare airport, this facility will serve as a customer service center for US customers, and also provide training facilities for the 2sms US staff.

The office address is

2sms
999 Plaza Drive, Suite 777
Schaumburg
Illinois
60007
USA

Telephone : 877-726-7266

Briteyellow extend wifi coverage to John Lewis in Milton Keynes

2008-02-26T02:21:00.000-08:00

Briteyellow, a 2sms reseller, has installed public WiFi in the John Lewis department store in Milton Keynes, UK, and continues its roll out across the city.

Briteyellow is a reseller of the 2sms product range.

www.briteyellow.com
http://www.briteyellow.com/Pages/serv-marketing.aspx
http://briteyellow.2sms.com

2sms Real Estate solution - with thanks to Rupert Stephenson, Group MD at James Fancy

2008-02-19T13:00:00.000-08:00

2sms would like to thank Rupert Stephenson of James Fancy (www.jamesfancy.com) for his assistance in testing the 2sms Real Estate application. Rupert and his team provided invaluable advice and support in the development of the application.

The James Fancy Group is a group of Estate Agents in the Surrey area of South East England, selling and letting premier properties.

The 2sms Real Estate application allows Estate Agents and Realtors to provide instant property information to prospective clients who see 'For Sale' and 'For Let' signs outside properties. By texting in the property number displayed on the board, the interested party can receive property details instantly to their mobile phone.

Sending binary SMS messages

2008-02-14T03:38:00.001-08:00

http://dev.mobi/node/616

Agent Arrange software - using 2sms

2008-02-12T10:07:00.003-08:00

http://www.agentarrange.com/index.html

IBM partneworld : 2sms case study

2008-02-12T05:33:00.002-08:00

http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/partnerworld/wps/static/pdf/2sms_case_study.pdf

Red Hat Linux - 2sms Java code

2008-02-12T05:33:00.001-08:00

https://www.wideopen.com/apps/isv_catalog/AppProfile.html?application_id=2245

2sms VB code on freevbcode.com

2008-02-12T05:30:00.000-08:00

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=7204

2sms Seekda entry

2008-02-12T05:01:00.000-08:00

http://seekda.com/providers/2sms.com

Growing Business article on 2sms investment

2008-02-12T04:55:00.000-08:00

http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/06959143454252983359/2sms-gains-450-000-backing.html

BEA WebLogic componentsource

2008-02-12T04:52:00.000-08:00

http://www.componentsource.com/beaws/features/2sms/index.html

EU to warn firms on text charging

2008-02-11T04:53:00.000-08:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7238279.stm
2sms charges its EU customers the same price for SMS delivery anywhere in the EU.
So send from 2sms to UK, French, Italian or German mobile phones, and we charge the same fee.

(UK phones roaming on non UK networks may be charged a roaming fee for SMS delivery by their network provider.)

London Prepared 2008 - See 2sms on stand

2008-02-07T07:05:00.000-08:00

2sms is delighted to be presenting at London Prepared 2008 on Monday 10th March 2008

2sms will be demonstrating two co-branded products with our partner, TEW+.

CCTV
Emegency planning

The event will be held at : Victoria Park Plaza, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EQ

www.tewplus.com
www.2sms.com
www.findourfolks.com

Browser support at 2sms

2008-02-06T06:15:00.000-08:00

2sms is pleased inform customers that its web site support the following browsers.

IE6
IE7
Firefox 2.x
Opera 9
Safari (windows)

In addition, customers with mobile devices can use our small screen optimised site at http://pda.2sms.com - This site allows access with the same user name and password as the main www.2sms.com web site.

Support for customers with disabilities is offered by our main www.2sms.com site being Bobby compliant.

2sms Feb 2008 newsletter

2008-02-04T10:26:00.000-08:00

http://www.2sms.com/documents/UK/Newsletters/200802.pdf

Prior copies
Jan 2008 - http://www.2sms.com/documents/UK/Newsletters/200801.pdf
Dec 2007 - http://www.2sms.com/documents/UK/Newsletters/200712.pdf

2sms in Business Weekly

2008-02-04T10:21:00.000-08:00

http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/2008013031382/telecommunications/cranfield-mobile-messaging-company-opens-in-chicago-and-eyes-more-growth.html