2sms partners with Bedford Blues Rugby club

2sms is delighted to announce a partnership with Bedford Blues Rugby club. 2sms will provide the Blues coaching and management team with SMS services for internal communications and fan notifications. 2sms branding will appear on the Bedford Blues web site, and an offer will be made to customers of the Marquee at the ground in a revenue share arrangement with the Club. Visit Bedford Blues to watch entertaining Championship rugby, and learn how text messaging can make your business more productive overnight.

2sms adds YouTube videos

2sms has added information videos to the YouTube platform. These are designed to help new customers learn how SMS text messaging can help their business. Visit the 2sms YouTube video channel to learn more.

Change / Cancel scheduled messages

A recurring request from customers was to be able to cancel or change scheduled messages. This is now possible on the 2sms web site.

Scheduled messages allows customers to set up SMS messages to distribution groups for future transmission. Messages can be set up to send once only, or on a repeating schedule, e.g. weekly. Great for the 'Remember to send your timesheets in on time' type message.

2sms features in Sybase 365 customer newsletter

2sms features in Sybase 365 customer newsletter, highlighted in the Partner Spotlight.

Sybase 365 and 2SMS have launched a joint effort, bringing even more coverage, and reach to SMS communications. This partnership provides a user-friendly, Web-based interface that allows customers to purchase messaging services, in any amount, with no contract. 2SMS provides business text messaging services for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and government entities.


Solution-oriented product line

2SMS’ FREE 40+ software add-ins and developers solutions enable fast and easy integration to a company’s current in-house applications and web tools. 2SMS offers over thirty messaging products with texting functionality ranging from stand alone desktop applications for the major operating systems in use (Windows, Mac, and Linux) and even a Java based desktop client that is OS independent. 2SMS offers productivity add-ins for Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Database integration that are easy to install and provides software integration with existing portal technologies such as Oracle, Salesforce, and SharePoint, and even integrating with legacy paging systems through our SNPP portal which converts SNPP to SMPP. 2SMS’ intelligent delivery system seeks out the fastest route to deliver messages. For mission critical customers, such as first responders and emergency personnel, who need to have the fastest, most reliable and most secure SMS system.

Enterprises turn to SMS - Sybase 365 article (2sms reference)

http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1062665

The unrivalled global usage of mobile messaging is becoming increasingly attractive to enterprises as a generator for new revenue streams as well as providing value added services for end-users. More and more are embracing SMS, as a new and effective medium to reach their customers.

An example of how SMS can lead to cost reduction and increased customer satisfaction: An electronics manufacturer using SMS to lessen the burden on their call center for returned and warranty goods. This company has a single return center and a single phone number that customers can call. When an appliance breaks down, the customer calls the 800 number; the operator takes the appliance serial number and asks the customer to send the item to a specific address for repair. The customer sends it, then calls to see if it was received; then calls again to see if it is being fixed, then calls again to ask when it will be shipped back to them.

By using SMS, the customer sends a text message to the repair group with the appliance serial number; they get a return SMS message that gives them the address to which the item must be sent. When the item is received, the repair center confirms via an SMS alert to the customer and when the item is repaired the customer receives an SMS alert with the tracking number for the return shipment.

What is the difference? A minimum of five phone calls at the cost of $6 per minute versus five SMS messages with a total cost of about $0.25. Other benefits to the enterprise and the customer include reduction in call wait times and increase in customer satisfaction.

Thou shalt not Text until Easter !!

You may already be giving up chocolate or alcohol for Lent, but the Roman Catholic Church in Italy has come up with an even more challenging act of abstinence and self denial:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5838378.ece

2sms launch a new web site for it's US business

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.

Verizon Wireless’ proposed 3-cent texting fee

http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20081010/WIRELESS/810102272/updated-sense-of-panic-as-content-vendors-respond-to-verizon

Purchasing cards now accepted by 2sms LLC

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 €.

Auto charging

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 opens office in Chicago, USA

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

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

http://dev.mobi/node/616

IBM partneworld : 2sms case study

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

Browser support at 2sms

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

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

Dow Jones Venturewire article

DOW JONES VENTURE WIRE
17 January 2008




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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

UIC using 2sms - Chicago Flame article

http://media.www.chicagoflame.com/media/storage/paper519/news/2007/10/22/News/Uic-Alerts.Students.Via.Text.Message-3045554-page2.shtml

2sms in Softpedia

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Telephony-SMS-GSM/2SMS-com-Client.shtml
With thanks to Charlie Boisseau.

2sms opens second USA data center

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.