Submitted by Mike Grenville on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:17

Slowly but surely more operators are adding email like features to the core SMS. Three operators in Taiwan, Ireland and Vietnam have signed up to offer SMS Smart Services from Anam.

The services that Anam is providing as part of these new deals include Messaging+, which adds email-like functionality to SMS, allowing users to forward messages or set up an out-of-office alert; and Anti-SPAM, which blocks unwanted messages on the network, creating a better service for subscribers.

Anam's range of Smart Services also includes Parental Control, which allows parents to block unwelcome messages from their child's handset; and SMS Money Transfer, which allows users to send money to contacts in their address book, simply by using a standard text message.

"Subscribers like these services because they can easily understand and access them, yet they also create increased revenues for operators," said Gerry McKenna, CEO of Anam.