The power behind text messaging continues to play a crucial role in mobile evolution

The mobile phone industry is celebrating the 15th birthday of the Short Message Service Centre (SMSC), the principal application behind text messaging first brought to market by Acision in 1992. The first ever SMSC was introduced as a product designed primarily to deal with the demands and improve reliability of a developing mobile industry, and in that year the first of many deals was signed with Telenor, one of Europe’s leading network operators.

Today the communications and media industries have a new market leader. Acision is a dynamic new half-billion dollar company with world leading status and credentials. Launching with more than 300 clients serving over one billion customers across the two industries, Acision combines a progressive, exciting and agile philosophy of innovation with an experienced and trusted team. The company has 43 years of intellectual property and an unparalleled reputation in mobile data services.

Mobile industry leaders from 30+ countries to gather to Helsinki, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia at MobileMonday Global Summit 2007

Mobile industry leaders and specialists will gather at the MobileMonday Global Summit, a three-day event which will take place in Helsinki, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia 10-12 September 2007. The summit is expected to attract over 1500 participants from over 30 countries.

Ukrainian mobile operator UMC expanded Wi-Fi coverage in the south of Ukraine and started providing high speed Internet in Kherson. Thus, UMC subscribers are able to use an innovative service of high speed Internet access already in 12 Ukrainian cities. The new spot of access to Wi-Fi is open in the centre of Kherson. The cost for 1 Mb of data using Wi-Fi service is 50 copecks.

Alain Robert, world-famous urban-climber, visited Ukraine in order to open National program «Communication for the future’s sake», devoted to the 10th anniversary of Kyivstar. During the commencement ceremony he conquered glass tower of Kyivstar central office, climbing on its top on outer wall without climb equipment.

Nokia launches a fully integrated mobile printing service in Europe. The new Nokia service enables people to order high-quality prints easily and directly from the device, over cellular or wireless LAN (WLAN) networks, and have them delivered to your home or to a friend.

PEOPLEnet, the first Ukrainian 3G telecoms operator, launched a new unique service «City online» in Dnipropetrovsk on June 22, 2007. The uniqueness of this service is in the fact that a subscriber gets an opportunity to unite the advantages of mobile and fixed line communication in one device.