According to an industry trade group, SMS use in Canada has increased 98% in the eight months since Canada’s four major mobile operators created North America’s first inter-carrier text messaging network.
(via Tech Dirt Wireless News)
Canadians Swarm to SMS
- December 5th, 2002
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by Toby
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@ 01:27
Interesting. We saw exactly the same phenomenon in the UK when cross-operator SMS was opened up 5 or so years ago.
Still no x-network SMS in the US then? Lack of standardisation as an barrier to commnuication….?
@ 11:04
“send and receive text messages to and from other wireless phone customers by simply addressing those messages to recipients’ 10-digit mobile phone numbers regardless of the wireless service provider they use.”
we can’t do this in the US?