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“Clickatell Poised for Global Growth” Clickatell has secured funding from pointBreak Private Equity, ensuring that they can elevate their business to the next strategic level. They believe that the investment is set to position the brand and their product range in such a way as to ensure that(Added: Tue May 29 2001)

Midas Internet, one of the original pioneers of digital marketing, sees a limited future for generalist digital marketing agencies and believes that specialists will come to dominate. From the beginning of June, Midas will focus on providing its clients with visitor strategy and Web site performance(Added: Tue May 29 2001)

A new web browser, www.buzzlondon.com from local5media is providing a fresh angle on the infamous Jack the Ripper murders of the late 19th Century. A virtual tour of the serial killer’s territory explores the mile-wide area of London’s East End where the murders took place. This and ot(Added: Tue May 22 2001)

DUBLIN, Ireland and NEW YORK, New York — May 22, 2001— French & Associates (F&A), the leading provider of order-to-cash and accounts receivable outsourcing for some of the world’s largest companies, announced that it has received a $10 million funding commitment from Accretive Tec(Added: Tue May 22 2001)

Mixed Growth Prospects for Plastics in Food and Beverage Packaging 8 May 2001 The trends in the European plastic food and beverage packaging market have recently been unveiled in a report by Frost & Sullivan the international marketing consultancy company. The plastics food and beverage p(Added: Tue May 22 2001)

Logica today announced a contract with leading Belgian mobile operator Proximus Belgacom Mobile, , for the extension of its Short Messaging Service Centre, Telepath SMSC and the introduction of its Messaging Application Router (MAR). The innovative solution will enable enhanced services and increase(Added: Mon May 21 2001)

WAPwednesday London hostes its May event next Wednesday at The Royal College of Physicians - 18:00 hrs. Wapwednesday is the networking evening which brings together professionals from all areas of the wireless industry. Come along to talk business, build alliances and share a drink with the key(Added: Fri May 18 2001)

Speech engine to improve accuracy, recognition speed and language capabilities. Irvine, Calif....Sound Advantage and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced the formation of a technology alliance. Under the Agreement, Lucent will receive Sound Advantage warrants. Researchers from Sound Adv(Added: Tue May 15 2001)

This is the first speech software to be approved by Lucent's LiveNet facility for carrier-grade Central Office application.... Irvine, Calif....Network SANDi™, the Sound Advantage Unified Communications Solution, is a carrier-grade voice-enabled natural-language unified messaging system that repl(Added: Tue May 15 2001)

PROVAMEL JOINS FORCES WITH THE FAMILY HEART ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE A HEART HEALTHY DIET Monday 14th May, 2001: Alpro, makers of the leading soya range, Provamel, today announced that they have reached an agreement to work with the Family Heart Association to help raise awareness of prematu(Added: Tue May 15 2001)

Small and large websites alike must use the SMS revolution to their advantage, or risk losing valuable visitors to competitors, warns the SMS marketing specialist YourRelease.com. The race is on as global companies suddenly realise how powerful SMS text messaging can be in taking their brand off-(Added: Tue May 15 2001)

CURRENT RELEASE: May 3, 2001 It's only been a week since Clickatell has launched Clickatell CustomXpress, and the market already seems to be sold on the concept. Clickatell CustomXpress is the latest in a suite of turnkey SMS communications tools that Clickatell has developed over the past few(Added: Thu May 03 2001)

Logica has stretched its lead in Mobile Internet browsing capability, developing the world’s first location sensitive i-mode experience. At an IBC/Euroforum i-mode roadshow in Amsterdam, Logica will demonstrate an i-mode experience giving users Mobile Internet access to location-based service(Added: Thu May 03 2001)

With all the global hype about SMS messaging, it has opened the door to a million-and-one new companies offering SMS solutions. Even mobile networks themselves have started to join the race by offering (selectively) open connections to their SMSC’s. The problem is rapidly being identified though, as(Added: Mon Apr 23 2001)

Virgin Mobile and Bush Internet come together to save customers 40% on mobile phones and set top boxes 12.04.01. Virgin Mobile together with Bush Internet have launched their first affinity programme intended to put a stop to communicationphobia – [noun; a temporary inability to access c(Added: Wed Apr 11 2001)

London, April 9th 2001 – Mindmatics have successfully secured their next round of capital funding from Best Practice Venture Capital. Despite the recent downward turn in markets in Germany and around the world, Mindmatics were able to acquire a seven-figure capital increase from Mannheim-ba(Added: Tue Apr 10 2001)

Brand DNA, a true Branding and strategic creativity laboratory, speeds up the process of development for brands’ marketing. London, March 2001. Bruno Asselin, former president of Branding Agency Arnell Group in New York, Carlo Giordanetti, former creative president at Swatch, and Emma Fr(Added: Wed Mar 28 2001)

PRESS INFORMATION 28th March 2001 BOS, Better On-line Solutions, Adds Timesaving Administrative Tools to its Web-to-Host Emulator Jadvantage version 3.30, now available, features new session manager, customisation and Netscape 6 supportInstall Revolutionary Technology at Abbey National (Added: Wed Mar 28 2001)

mCentric, the leading Mobile / Multi-Access Internet platform provider, today announced the availability of a new Billing and Rating Product called midas. midas, which is available either integrated with mCentric’s XML-based application and service delivery platform, Black Widow, or as a st(Added: Wed Mar 28 2001)

Antepo today announces a new release of its Instant Messaging platform. This version offers enhanced navigability, multi-channel access (SMS, WAP, Web) and, above all, full interoperability with dominant Instant Messaging standards. Instant Messaging has proved to be a highly successful applic(Added: Tue Mar 27 2001)