A new service from Sure (Cable & Wireless) that gives mobile phone users the best possible chance of receiving a signal anywhere in the UK using Strongest Signal Roaming (SSR) technology has been enhanced with the addition of a Secure SMS and Emergency Planning SMS solution.
Companies that rely on their staff having access to a phone signal 24 hours a day, 365 days a year can now send encrypted text messages to them. Sure, Isle of Man (a trading arm of Cable & Wireless International) has teamed up with 2sms, a company serving corporate customers across the UK and USA, to offer the service in the British Isles.
Managing director of 2sms, Tim King, commented: “With the increased use of mobile technology more people are doing business away from the secured environment of an office. Combining an all UK network SIM with secure SMS messaging and emergency planning services brings a complete suite of tools for the management of unexpected events.”
Chief executive of Sure in the Isle of Man, Simon Last-Sutton, said: “We’re delighted with the partnership with 2sms as it makes our Sure Safety suite of products even more attractive. This solution now enables key personnel to communicate privately when telephone use may not be appropriate.”
King added: “Secure SMS messages are encrypted and cannot be stored on the mobile phone. Messages can optionally require a password to be read and can optionally be set to read once only before they dissolve. The emergency planning product allows for mass broadcast of SMS messages from any computer or phone to all or some of a company’s staff members. Most significantly it can be used to take a roll call of key personnel to gauge the safety status of all members of staff in the event of an emergency.”
There are three Sure Safety products available with the 2sms texting solution: Sure Safety Pre-pay is designed for personnel that can’t justify having a work phone full time but need one for occasional use; Sure Safety Standard is for personnel who cannot afford to be without mobile phone coverage within the British Isles and is significantly cheaper than using a foreign SIM; and Sure Safety Emergency is designed as a phone that needs to be always on with a very high credit limit but spends most of its time in a glove box or desk drawer.
 Apr 01, 2009 09:00 ET
Sybase 365 Partners With 2sms to Launch Innovative SMS Service Tailored to Small and Medium Enterprise Customers LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Apr 01, 2009 Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY), the global leader in mobile messaging services today announced a global partnership with 2sms to extend SMS services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on an instant provisioning basis. The full service website (http://www.sybase365sms.com/) offers a suite of messaging products and services and combines the functionality of 2sms with the Sybase 365 messaging platform, enabling enterprise customers to register and use SMS to communicate with employees, suppliers and customers. “As enterprises continue to embrace SMS as an efficient and cost-effective medium through which to communicate, the service will enable businesses with increasingly mobile workforces to instantly deploy SMS services,” said Tim King, CEO, 2sms. “Sybase 365’s reputation for delivering mission critical messaging services to the enterprise sector, combined with its deep understanding of local markets and expansive global reach, made it the ideal partner for enabling the growth of the SMEs SMS business.” The applications for SMS are limitless and current customers of the service include divisions of Unilever, EDS and Alstom Transport; all are using SMS to communicate effectively and efficiently while reducing man hours and costly phone bills. SMS is extended into the corporate IT infrastructure, using open standards (XML) for ease of customer integration. “This is a great opportunity for those SMEs that recognise the benefits of SMS as an efficient and cost-effective medium, but had previously been unable to access it rapidly and reliably,” said Howard Stevens, senior vice president, International Operations, Sybase 365. “The partnership with 2sms creates a pioneering service that successfully addresses the enterprise need for instant deployment, robustness of service and ease of integration into existing IT infrastructures.” The industry leading service is available immediately at http://www.sybase365sms.com/. Customers are able to log onto the site and connect their own IT systems to the SMS network via an ISO27001 certified platform. 2sms software plug-ins include Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Salesforce.com and Java, allowing businesses to download applications that enable desktop messaging.
 2sms launched a facebook app for UK users. Get the app from http://apps.facebook.com/two_sms/ The free application allows facebook users to update their wall using a UK mobile phone. Once configured, simply send FB + your message to 07786 205 604 Standard network SMS costs apply. (This service does not use expensive premium rate SMS messages.)
 2sms will be at CTIA Wireless 2009 on April 1-3, in Las Vegas, NV. Attending will be Thomas Yorukoff, VP of Sales and Tim King, CEO. Come visit our stand. Watch out for a big partnership announcement at the event!
 With thanks to Carphone Warehouse, 2sms attended the Get Connneted charity fund raiser. Attendees raised a total of £150,000 for the charity, which provides a confidential helpline that gives you the support and information to young people in need. 2sms will announce further support of this worthwhile cause in due course.
 2sms has teamed up with our Business Partner, Follow Us, to provide a range of Tracking Services. Mobile phone tracking services work by identifying the physical location of a mobile phone or other mobile device. The solution operates across all the major UK networks - 02, Vodafone, Orange, 3 and T-Mobile and can provide locations accurate to within 300 metres in urban areas. For more information go to http://www.2sms.com/products.aspx?section=trackingservices
 Bedford schools have alerted parents by sending out text messages during the recent snow storms. Pilgrims school in Bedford sent text messages about school closures, childcare services. They have worked also with the bus companies to pass information to parents about local transport conditions. 2sms is encouraging schools who haven’t got text messaging solution in place to contact them on 0800 65 222 77.
 2sms are pleased to announce that its power consumption for its web sites are now using Co2 free sources of power. 2sms uses CO2 Stats ( www.co2stats.com) to offset its power usage.
2sms has released a new email2sms solution. The 2sms SMTP Email Component (email2sms) translates emails into text messages. It does this by reading emails from a mailbox and transmitting their content over the internet to 2sms using XML. The 2sms system translates it into a text message and forwards to the mobile networks. This provides functionality very similar to that of mobile networks’ own SMTP email gateways, but with many advantages such as security, reliability and scalability. For more information go to http://www.2sms.com/software.aspx?section=smtpEmailComp
Have you sent your Christmas cards yet? Don’t worry if you haven’t. Use your text messaging account to send Christmas wishes to your customers, employees, or anyone else you can think of. SMS wishes are cheaper, quicker and more likely to be read. Send your messages now or schedule them to be sent just before Christmas. The only thing for you to do now is... enjoy the holiday season.
2sms now offers a Direct Debit service to its customers. You can set up automatic payments for your invoices with Direct Debit. This service doesn’t have to be monthly you can also sign up if your purchases are less frequent. If you wish to take advantage of this efficient service please contact us on 01234 757 800 or support@2sms.com and we will send you a form to complete.
2sms launched today a new UK website. It has been adapted with a new layout and some changes to the menu which aims to improve the navigation around the site. Improved look and feel and a suite of new products are all offered. We would like to hear your thoughts, let us know if we can make any further enhancements to suit your needs.
2sms has just launch an Enhanced Long Messaging product that allows text messages of up to 3,500 characters to be sent to web enabled mobile phones. By sending messages through Enhanced Long Messaging, it is possible to send information that is more detailed and communicates more effectively to a broader range of devices. Enhanced Long Messages can be retrieved from any device or computer capable of accessing the internet.
In response to customer demand 2sms has launched a Secure Messaging product. Secure SMS allows text messages of up to 3,500 characters to be sent to mobile phones with enhanced security features. Messages sent are encrypted. They may require a password to be read and can ‘dissolve’ after reading. The instant reports provide information to indicate when the message was delivered as well as when it was read. You can send a secure message now by going to http://www.2sms.com/secure/enhancedsend.aspx?section=send&pagetype=secure
2sms today launhed a new web site for US customers. The web site remains at www.2sms.com, but has been tailored for the US marketplace. Improvements include new information, solutions for industry verticals, a Buyers Guide, and improved navigation and flow through the site. 2sms continues to offer US customers 24/7 toll free support on 877 276 7266, or email support@2sms.com.
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 2sms is delighted to appoint Kevin Jauncey as Chairman of the 2sms Group, which includes 2sms.com Ltd (UK) and 2sms LLC (USA). Kevin Jauncey is a senior executive having worked at board level in the Telecoms and IT/ Software market in both PLC and private companies for the last 10 years. A proven track record of growing business, good communication and building strong dynamic teams. He is experienced in raising capital in both the private and public sectors, and delivering strategies based on M&A activity. He has a deep understanding of the Global Communication market, and has developed a strong network of IT and Communication professionals and executives. He is also currently Chairman of PIXELearning Ltd. and on the board of a number of technology companies, ranging from video gaming peripherals to the construction software sector. He also advises companies on strategic development. Among many roles in International Telecoms, he was responsible for BT's telecom business in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He was also Director of a BT - France Telecom joint venture.
2sms is pleased to add a SMS Google Gadget to its inventory of software add-ins. The gadget runs on the following servers : · Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 Server · iGoogle · IBM WebSphere portal server · BEA WebLogic server · MyAOL · RedHat JBoss portal · SUN portal The Gadget runs on the following Google services ; · iGoogle · Google Apps start pages · Google Chrome · Google Desktop · Google Maps · Google Toolbar · Orkut · Blogger · Google Calendar · Google Spreadsheets API and Tools
2sms is delighted to announce that is has launched version 2 of its SMS XML web services. These web services provide access to the core functionality of the messaging system allowing you to create your own applications that utilise text messaging and email. We provide two types of web services for you to use: Simple and Complex. Both of these contain the same functionality but require either the use of simple data types (e.g. string and integer) or complex data types (e.g. date/time and array). For full documentaton, please visit http://www.2sms.com/software.aspx?section=WebService2sms will continue to support version 1 web services, so existing customers
2sms LLc is now able to accept US domestic purchasing cards for payment. This adds to Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Diners Club that are also accepted. 2sms also offers invoicing terms for established customers. 2sms operates in the US and UK, and accepts payments in USD $, GBP£ and EUR €.
2sms is proud to offer a sneak peak of its new suite of productivity products. Team Collect - Create questions, and send them out to your mobile workforce for online completion from web browser or mobile device. Team Publish - Publish information direct to the mobile phone using mobile internet. Excel spreadsheets and Team Collect data to mobile works in 60 seconds. Team Links - Create links to mobile web sites and share them with your team. Team News - Create links to RSS newsfeeds, and publish to your people on the move. Team Address - view your 2sms address book from a mobile device. ------- TeamData portal - Pull all the products together into a mobile portal for remote workers.
2sms is pleased to announce its new web site. Improved navigation, a Return on Investment calculator, and a suite of new products are all offered. For the technically minded, the new website is running on Microsoft .Net 3.5 infrastructure, served from a web farm for improved performance and service quality.
 Nothing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa.
The UN Foundation has now partnered with groups as diverse as National Basketball Association's NBA Cares, The People of the United Methodist Church and Sports Illustrated to bring Nothing But Nets to the American public. These Founding Partners are joined by corporate, multi-media and financial partners to make a significant impact by raising awareness and funds to purchase and distribute bed nets and save lives.
 YFM Press release Sale creates powerful national force for UK's growing businessesYFM 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 http://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 is now publishing it's serivce updates in a new section of its support forum. http://www.2sms.com/Forum/messages.aspx?ForumID=12This information is also supplied in RSS format. Subscribe to http://www.2sms.com/Forum/rssfeed.aspx?id=12&Task=ForumRSS
 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 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/
 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.
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
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.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7238279.stm2sms 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.)
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.
DOW JONES VENTURE WIRE 17 January 2008 ----------------- VENTUREWIRE Thursday, January 17, 2008 UK Text Messager 2sms Secures $880K London -- Mobile phone messaging services provider 2sms has secured an investment of GBP450,000 ($883,000). The funding includes GBP250,000 ($490,000) from the Capital Fund, which participated alongside individual investor Richard Goldstein, who has also joined the 2sms board. 2sms provides text-messaging services to businesses, with software that can be bolted onto the back-end systems its clients are currently using, thereby avoiding technology conflicts, the company said. Since beginning operations in 2000, 2sms has been concentrating on the U.K. market, where it now has more than 1,500 customers. The company is now expanding into the U.S. Established in 2002, the Capital Fund, managed by YFM Venture Finance Limited, is a GBP50 million venture capital fund that backs fast-growing small- and medium-sized companies in the London area and is the largest of England's regional venture capital funds, the firm said. http://www.2sms.com©2008 Technologic Partners
2sms is delighted to appoint Kevin McGoven as Finance Director of 2sms.com Limited. Kevin's experience in the Telecoms sector includes working for Cable and Wireless, and brought Envesta Telecom plc, to the AIM market.
2sms is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Goldstein as a Non Executive Director of 2sms.com Limited. Richard Goldstein is an experienced investor in the SME sector, and has invested £200,000 in 2sms.
 2sms is pleased to announce that it has commissioned a second server cluster site at facilities provided by Equinix (www.equinix.com). The second site will be in Chicago, IL. This site will be a mirror of the Ashburn, VA site, and will be used for contingency / failover purposes. The site will go live on Jan 31st 2008. This additional investment is in response to the growing 2sms US business.
We have made 3 improvements to the menu structure of the web site. 1. The Help menu is now consistent irrespective of whether you are logged into the web site or not. The menu options now link to the - Contact us - Getting started - Documents (library) - Demos - Support forum - 2sms blog - Site map 2. The 'What we do' menu has been renamed 'Solutions', and restacked to list the solutions that we offer. - Text messaging (with sub menu) - Emergency planning - Find our Folks - Real Estate - XML - Branded sites - Bespoke development - Reselling 3. The Developers zone menu now has options for each of the sub sections, - XML - Desktop software - Portable - Office add-ins - Portal - Developers - Other These changes have come about in response to customer comments, which are greatly appreciated.
2sms is pleased to announce that it has implemented an Extended Validation SSL certification, using Verisign as the certificate authority. SSL is used to allow HTTPS access to the 2sms web site ( www.2sms.com) , and also the 2sms XML services at www.2sms.com/xml.
Following requests from customers, 2sms has added a web page to cover all things XML related to text messaging. With links to 3rd party learning tools, free 2sms software, and links to the 2sms XML schemas, this page provides and introduction to sending SMS messages using XML, SOAP or Web Services (WSDL). www.2sms.com/xml
2sms is pleased to announce a new office in London, UK. The address is : Regent's Place 338 Euston Road London NW1 3BT UK 0800 65 222 77 This office will serve as the 2sms registered office, Corporate HQ, and facilities to meet with customers. 2sms has offices in the UK and US US : Reston, VA. Geneva, IL. Atlanta, GA. Reno, NV UK : London, and Cranfield (Milton Keynes)
http://www.wirelessit.com/Oct 23-25 at Moscone Center South Hall, San Francisco, CA. (USA) Everyone in the trade is there. 2sms will be represented by their CEO Tim King and their Director of Sales, West Region, Courtland James.
Free gateways exist for SMS message delivery. These are subject to spam filters, and can get busy. Check the terms and conditions of each carrier for conditions of use. These gateways are SMTP (email) servers that convert messages into text messages (SMS). AT&T : Your cell phone number@mmode.com e.g. 4443332222@mmode.comCingular : Your cell phone number@mobile.mycingular.comNextel : Your cell phone number@messaging.nextel.comSprint PCS : Your cell phone number@messaging.sprintpcs.comT-Mobile : Your cell phone number@tmomail.netVerizon Wireless : Your cell phone number@vtext.comIf service delivery matters to you, you might want to consider SMPP services. These cost money (cents per message), but come with SLA's, priority routing, audit trail and ISO27001 certification for information security. Visit www.2sms.com for more details. We will post a more complete analysis of SMTP / SMPP services shortly.
While many assume that email is instant, this is not the case. A delay to email cost Ferrari (Italian Motor Racing team) dearly at the recent Grand Prix in Japan. Perhaps a text message would have been faster! http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40889ps With text messaging, you know when your recipients got the message.
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2sms adds support for Internet Explorer 8, while ensuring backwards compatibility for IE 6.x and IE 7. 2sms also supports Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome. Send SMS messages from any browser and experience the benefits of the 2sms service.
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