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RMS Alerts Increases University Communication

February 9, 2021

Colleges today are faced with an inevitable dilemma: Students don’t often read their emails but schools need a way to reach them for emergency and other important situations. More schools like Northern Virginia Community College and the University of Southern Mississippi are using text messages to warn students of campus alerts and emergencies. How SMS […]

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Increasing Communication Between Doctor and Patient

January 21, 2021

With many patients considering their phones a staple in their lives, healthcare providers can use SMS (short message service) to stay in contact with their patients. Also known as text messages, SMS allows for fast, convenient, and comprehensive communication. Discover the benefits of health SMS inpatient correspondence and how you can take advantage of it […]

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10 Reasons You Should Use SMS Text Marketing

January 20, 2021

While the world of consumer technology is frequently changing, cell phones and smartphones have stayed a constant in the past decade. You can leverage their popularity by incorporating SMS marketing into your business. What Is SMS Marketing? Also known as text message marketing, SMS message marketing uses SMS text messages to share promotions, alerts, notifications […]

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Text Trivia Answer: Teleprinters

November 28, 2013

We posted a photo on social media and asked our followers to guess what it was. To our surprise, we didn’t get any correct answers! So we decided to post more information on the teleprinter and what it did for long distance communication. Before text messages there was telex. The telex network was a network of teleprinters (which are essentially […]

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FCC Changes to SMS Opt-In Language

October 29, 2013

If you’re sending commercial SMS messages, make sure you’re compliant with the new FCC regulations According to the new changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), companies that are using SMS for commercial purposes must include new language in their opt-in procedures. All SMS subscribers need to be clear that consent is not a […]

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