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• SMS and MMS to deliver government services

  The Queensland Government is to source SMS and MMS services as part of a new common use whole-of-government supply strategy.

• MGM Wireless beats own profit forecast

  School SMS services provider MGM Wireless (ASX:MWR) has reported a better-than-expected 1H profit of $45,000.

• MGM Wireless wins global patent

  School communications services provider MGM Wireless (ASX:MWR) has revealed it has secured a patent for the technology behind its School News Channel messaging platform.

• Commbank makes SMS NetCode mandatory

  The Commonwealth Bank is expected to push out a two-factor authentication NetCode SMS service to all of its personal banking customers this week.

• CostalWatch deploys SMS in emergency management strategy

  New mobile technology has been trialed by Queensland lifeguards as a means to source greater information on beach conditions up and down the state.

• New Android malware texts premium-rate numbers

  Researchers at Russian security company Kaspersky Lab say they've discovered the first malicious software program to target Google's Android mobile operating system.

• Optus, Vodafone struggle to meet ACMA's premium SMS barring deadline

  Despite being notified by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) in March of the need to implement premiums SMS barring services for customers, half of the top four telcos have struggled to meet the communication regulator’s 1 July deadline.

• Google Voice: 10 Reasons to Check It Out

  Now that Google Voice is open to everybody in the U.S., small business owners, particularly those with less than 25 employees, should take a close look at Google's free phone management service. Here are ten good reasons why:

• Twitter acquires SMS specialist

  Twitter has acquired Cloudhopper, a provider of mobile phone text messaging infrastructure. Twitter hopes to use the company's expertise to improve the scalability and reach of its SMS (Short Message Service) service, according to a Twitter blog post.

• ACMA launches anti-SMS spam hotline

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has soft launched an anti-SMS spam hotline. The hotline allows consumers receiving spam SMS to send the offending message directly to a mobile number run by ACMA, rather than through an online form.

• Premium SMS rule risks millions of telco revenue: Telsyte

  Impending changes to the rules governing premium SMS services have the potential to significantly impact revenues of Australian telcos and their service partners, according to one analyst firm.

• Text donations for Haiti relief spur nonprofits to follow suit

  Nonprofit groups desperate to raise donations during the economic downturn are considering text-to-donate campaigns similar to the wildly successful American Red Cross texting effort for Haiti earthquake relief.

• China restores text messaging in cut-off Muslim region

  China has restored mobile text message services in a Western province where they were suspended for months following unrest. Limited Internet access is also returning to the region.

• Text donations for Haiti earthquake overwhelm Red Cross

  Text donations to Haiti earthquake relief may not constitute a miracle, but the American Red Cross says it is overwhelmed by the millions of US$10 gifts it has received via mobile phone texting.

• ACMA fines SMS spammers $6.5m

  SMS spammers have been fined $6.5 million in the Federal Court in Brisbane following proceedings brought by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).