April 23, 2005 -
UnwiredEmail™ Opens SMS
Text-Messaging to Email Clients
Boston - April 23, 2005 - Unwired Appeal announced the
launch of UnwiredEmail™, an ASP service that allows
email clients (like Microsoft Outlook™) to send
and receive text-messages directly to and from cell
phones across the USA.
While email to SMS software has been on the market for
some time, UnwiredEmail is a substantial improvement
in that it sends and receives messages via direct intercarrier
SMPP connections, unlike other systems that use the
aging SMTP email gateways. SMPP messaging connections
offer the highest reliability and minimized delivery
times, crucial points when communications are time-sensitive.
From the mobile recipient's perspective, there are also
key advantages over wireless devices that incorporate
email software. UnwiredEmail does not require a wireless
internet connection; messages are received immediately
whenever the user is in cell phone coverage. This means
that a user can receive messages virtually anywhere
in the USA with no need for high-speed data networks
or wireless internet roaming agreements.
"We actually started this last year as an easy way for
our clients to send SMS alerts to interactive event
participants", recalls Stephen Nye, Unwired Appeal's
VP of Sales. "More recently we had additional requests
to enable cell phone participants to send SMS text-messages
to email recipients. We simply put the two together
and UnwiredEmail was born."
Don't throw away your Treo just yet. "UnwiredEmail was
never intended to replace wireless email devices like
the Blackberry™ or Treo™", continued Nye.
"If anything they are complimentary, we position the
system as service for businesses and state/local authorities
to use for high-priority communications."
UnwiredEmail requires no software installation. Cell
phone numbers can be easily uploaded or cell phone users
can simply send an SMS message to be added to a messaging
group. Pricing is on a per message basis with several
inexpensive service plans. "Its actually much less expensive
than sending an SMS text-message from your cell phone
at standard carrier rates", commented Nye, "and we continue
to drive pricing down while increasing functionality."
About Unwired Appeal
Unwired Appeal is a leading provider of mobile platforms
and application technology for the USA market. Products
and services include Unwired Events Online, Adaptive
Content Server, ZaptoPhone, UnwiredEmail, and WapBill.
For more information, visit www.unwiredappeal.com
www.unwiredappeal.com.