In the second of a series of Breakfast Briefings, sponsored by Acision, 160Characters panelists and audience discusses two key topics for the mobile messaging sector - innovation in messaging, and mobile payments.

160Characters is proud to announce the membership of its two panels for the Breakfast Briefing to be held on 26th January 2012. With thanks to our sponsor for this event, Acision

Esendex founders Adam Bird and Julian Hucker didn’t set out to become SMS entrepreneurs. As in many success stories, their destiny found them.

SMS service provider Telsis has rolled out a new firewall to the market which it says provides unique protection to mobile phone users and businesses.

SMS is the most popular medium for mobile marketing promotions, a new survey has revealed.

Our Breakfast Briefing on 15 December was a roaring success. Read the report here

We will be running another Breakfast Briefing on 26 January. For tickets sign up here.

We are grateful to Acision for sponsoring this series of Breakfast Briefings

2011 Awards

Innovation in Messaging. Winner - Message Optimiser, entered by ForgetMeNot Africa

Messaging Infrastructure or Platform. Winner - Txtlocal services, entered by Txtlocal Ltd

Messaging Application or Service: Public Sector. Winner - Keeping the public in the loop at a time of civil unrest, entered by txttools Ltd

Messaging Application: Business. Winner - ImpulsePay: a mobile solution for publishers, entered by ImpulsePay

Messaging Application: Consumer Award. Winner - SafeBox Private SMS, entered by SafeBox Ltd

Mobile Financial Services Solution. Winner - Billing Score: Protecting mobile payments from fraud, entered by BillingScore

Messaging Application or Service: Social Use. Winner - SMS 139 Railway Enquiry Information, entered by Spice Digital Ltd

Effective Use of Mobile Messaging for Health. Winner - Florence, entered by mediaburst

Further information can be found here

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