Business Enquiry
That’s the email I got in this morning from a very big, international media company.
They’re looking to expand their mobile portfolio with joint ventures and acquisitions.
“What sort of mobile services?” I asked the chap.
“Anything. We’ll take a look at anything mobile and see if we can do business,” came the reply.
So.
If you’ve got a company [...]
SMS Text News reader Daniel emailed me asking for the help of the ultra techie audience here on the site. Do you know much about certificates and Java for mobile? Perhaps you might be able to help. Here’s his enquiry:
Please help me with this enquiry. I’ve got a Java mobile application that i’m [...]
I was sent this enquiry this morning —
I’m looking for a content editor with mobile telco experience. 6 month contract to perm. Only need a couple of years experience of working in a similar role. Would you know anyone?
Thanks for your help.
If you know anyone who might be interested, ask’em to speak to me [...]
Hi there I’m hunting for someone to create me a blog editing application that will work on the Nokia E61i.
I need to be able to edit/add blogs on the go easily. Right now I arse about with the Wordpress web interface on the Nokia’s browser and it’s rather annoying.
I need to: - [...]
I need someone to write me a report — a comprehensive, in-depth one — about the mobile industry and how it developed in the United Kingdom. I need it as a ‘primer’ for someone who doesn’t know anything about the industry — but wants to have a good understanding of how the whole thing [...]
Continue ReadingSonus PR have a big opportunity for you if you’ve got a mobile application that appeals to UK females.
A while ago I was lamenting what a total arse it is for mobile application developers who make a piece-of-genius service and who can’t easily get it out to consumers. The prospect of hiring [...]
One of the biggest arses for companies operating in the mobile sector is actually getting normobs — normal mobile users — to read and hear about the vast array of super applications and services available to them.
You can of course spunk huge chunks of money on an above-the-line advertising campaign to reach out to [...]
An SMS Text News reader asked me today if I could recommend a company to provide both freephone and standard inbound numbers for major countries in Europe.
The only company I could think of from the top of my head was Windsor Telecom however I think they only specialise in the UK.
Any ideas?
Can you help James?
Mobile Handset manufacturers / suppliers wanted for strategic partnership
I am looking for partners within the mobile handset suppliers area, can anyone suggest companies to look at or open discussions. looking for unique handset designs that are carrier class / grade fit with a fanatical fanbase 19-24 and up to [...]
A fellow SMS Text News reader contacted me to ask for a bit of assistance with Verizon.
He needs 2 minutes with one of the people who throws the switches to discuss whitelisting his mobile service. He’s tried the obvious route calling Verizon customer services who, of course, like any good mobile operator [...]
I had the above enquiry in from an SMS Text News reader who’s on the hunt for one of those transmitters that can broadcast content - pictures, videos and so on, to phones in an area. I see them around all the time used with various marketing efforts. Any ideas where I can [...]
Continue ReadingIf you’re hunting for a job and you’re a wickedly good business developer, you should talk to Pat.
Link: Want to earn $135,000 a year? come work for us at Roam4free
Having recently completed our first round of funding we are now looking for our first senior hire.
The below advert will be [...]
I just got word from Tom Gordon, mobile and games expert developer. If you’re on the hunt for a bit of expertise for a project, take this opportunity to talk with Tom as he won’t be free for long! He’s just finished doing some wicked stuff with pitch.tv.
He does a whole load [...]
SMS Text News reader Geoff (that’s not his real name, we’re doing anonymous, but it’s nice to use a name isn’t it?) emailed me this morning to ask about data roaming in France:
This may be an odd question coming from me but I guess you are the man to ask. I am going to France [...]
Got this enquiry in from colleague Dan. He’s running a photography service and wants to know how best to send photos to phones for customers.
Here’s his message:
Can you point me at information on how to deliver photos from a website to mobile phones? I have a new photography website, which is very basic [...]
I had a note from Afreen to let me know about their company, textchatoperator.com.
If you’re hunting for such services, they might be worth a look:
I own a company that offers text chat services in India. There are many UK and US clients that Outsource text chat operation services to our company in order to reduce [...]
Got this in the other week:
A ‘dream team’ of producers and promoters have collaborated to create a show to open in the west end of London that will feature technology as a key component. This Urban Acrobatic Dance Troupe has wowed audiences worldwide and this new concept shall incorporate the right partner in every aspect [...]
I’m working with a company at the moment in the North East of England in a town called Hartlepool. The company does fulfilment, customer contact (they’ve got a wickedly good team of call centre agents) and warehousing. They’ve got an 35,000 square feet of secure warehouse space which, my back-of-the-fag-packet calculations tells [...]
Continue ReadingGot this in from Ophir, CEO of Mojungle a few minutes ago:
I saw your post today regarding Mojungle and wanted to update you on where we stand (I intended to do so in any case).
As far as the eBay listing goes it turns out that we’ve received so much interest from such a diverse group [...]
A colleague of mine asked me today if I could recommend a company that provides premium rate shortcode services worldwide, especially with a focus in Africa, Asia and particularly China.
WPR were the first who came to mind. I also suggested mblox.com
I was chatting with Alex Kinch of SendMyTxt earlier. He’s working on a rather neat way of being able to deliver service to Ireland — supporting Vodafone, o2 and Meteor — but, at a lower cost and higher revenue margin.
So, if you’re on the hunt for Irish connectivity, do give him a call.
Got this in from an SMS Text News reader in London, UK:
Just been reading through your blog (like I do every day) and saw your post about Textmarks.com. I already have a platform running that supports arbitrary keywords (on arbitrary shortcodes!) which, although currently needing admin access, only involves entering a form field which [...]
I had this enquiry in from a reader tonight:
Do you know where I can get an external PCMCIA port that will plug in to a USB port of my brand new shiny modern wireless-ready (yeah right!!!) Dell laptop…the one that only comes with USB and no damn PCMCIA port for my Vodafone 3g card!! [...]
I just got an enquiry from someone hunting for a premium rate SMS supplier in Pakistan. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Continue ReadingI had an enquiry for someone looking for some SMS traffic statistics concerning the United Arab Emirates. I had a quick look around the web and didn’t come across any.
Does anyone have any suggestions on where to look?
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