| There is a nice television commercial that is being | | | | short code (three, four or five figure number) for |
| shown currently on the Indian TV channels. The Nokia | | | | viewers to send text messages with their opinions. |
| advertisement seeks to dispel the commonly held | | | | Marketing companies have used text so extensively |
| notion that phones are used just for talking. A number | | | | that the courts stepped in to restrict the usage.Sending |
| of applications are shown, including video recording, still | | | | text messages is also very convenient because this |
| photos, MP3 music, FM radio and of course text | | | | medium is very suitable for sending payment |
| messages. Though text messaging is a big | | | | reminders, payment intimations, disaster alerts, SOS |
| improvement on the pager (remember it?), today it | | | | calls, greetings and courtesy calls can be transmitted in |
| feels impossible to live without it.For the younger | | | | this form. Receipts of payments like utility bills, club |
| generation, life is unimaginable without a mobile phone. | | | | fees, subscriptions, renewals and so on can be sent by |
| For them it is like an extension of their hands, a handy | | | | way of SMS messages.Text messages have proved |
| tool to say so many things. The young people have | | | | their worth during the last few years as the ownership |
| devised a peculiar lingo of missed calls and text | | | | of mobile phones exploded to 60 million sets. During |
| messages by the dozen. Text messages are an | | | | times of crisis, governments have rushed SMS alerts |
| improved version of the old pass-the-note messaging, | | | | to citizens warning of floods, earthquakes, etc. Thanks |
| especially in the classroom as SMS messages scurry | | | | to its ease of use, more people are taking up text |
| to and fro. Text messages are ideal to send to people | | | | messaging. The mobile phone is now seen more as an |
| because they are stored in their handsets to be read | | | | accessory of modern life than as a novelty item. |
| when they are free. Sometimes a call might catch the | | | | There are now more than 120 million phones in India, of |
| receiver at an awkward moment and he may prefer | | | | which landlines constitute less than half the |
| to ignore it at the time. Text messaging is possible on | | | | number.SMSCountry is a leading two-way SMS text |
| every mobile phone and some landline phones | | | | messaging application developer providing mobile office |
| also.Text messaging has proved to be a profitable | | | | tools that link the desktop to the mobile phone. Visit |
| revenue earner for the telecom companies thanks to | | | | SMS India for more details. |
| the TV channels. Almost every program advertises a | | | | |