The founder of SMS receives Innovation award

SMS innovator Matti Makkonen, received the The Economist’s Innovation Award for the Computing and Telecommunications Category. This year’s awards were presented in London on October 30th and 31st 2008. The Economist gives out Innovation Awards annually to recognize successful innovators in different categories. Continue Reading

Text messaging is alive and still growing

Text messaging still remains the primary means of communication among Filipinos, even if email and instant messaging have been introduced.  Given that almost every Filipino owns a cellphone, there’s no doubt that text messaging has become one of the most important means of communication in the Philippines. Continue Reading