It always seems to me that the United Kingdom, one of the hotbeds of texting in Europe, is always behind when it comes to organisations such as the emergency services or government departments deploying text services. That’s not always the case though. Hot on the heels of today’s news about Mumbai Police Department issuing a [...]
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Boston PD launch anonymous crime SMS tip service
Link: Anon SMS for Sending Crime Tips to the Police Communications agency Hill Holliday have teamed up with the City of Boston and the Boston Police Department to launch a new anonymous text message tip line for the US city. In a press conference held today, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Police Commissioner Edward [...]
Text 999 for emergency in the UK?
Link: House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 05 Jun 2007 (pt 0017) Courtesy of SMS Text News reader Jeremy comes this little gem from a recent UK parliamentary written questions session. Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set up a nationwide 999 text message service for [...]
Alertify offer free alert service to US schools
Link: cbs4.com – Get The Word Out With Alertify Mass Alert System Similar to the Omnilert service, and jumping on the bandwagon following the Virginia Tech shootings incident, Fort Lauderdale-based Alertify have extended an offer to provide their notification service to colleges and universities nationwide at no cost. American Heritage School in Plantation already has [...]
UK University network, Janet, launches SMS services with PageOne
Good news for PageOne… Link: Janet launches SMS service for network users – 30/Apr/2007 – ComputerWeekly.com The Janet educational and research network has signed a deal with messaging firm PageOne to supply SMS text services to network users. Janet said, ‘The familiar text format of SMS offers a capability for rapid communications in a huge range [...]
Emergency text services — coming atcha
I’ve been seeing a flurry of announcements across the mobile marketplace from companies jumping into the emergency text service category — particularly around the news of the shootings at Virginia Tech in America. I’m pleased. I think this whole area needed a lot of attention from potential customers such as schools, colleges and large institutions. [...]
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