Introduction to Text Messaging

Text messaging, or SMS (short messaging service) as it is also called, is the sending of text based messages to mobile (cell) phones. Almost all mobile phones in the world are now capable of receiving text messages.

Textalert allows you to send messages to mobile phones from your computer. It also has the ability to send the same message to lots of people at the same time – an impossible task from phone to phone.

The growth of text messaging over the past five years has been phenomenal. Globally, 135 billion messages were sent in the first quarter of 2004. In the UK alone, over 2.1 billion texts are sent monthly. And in the burgeoning US market, an average of 2 billion messages are sent in a month currently with that figure predicted to soar to 44 billion by 2007.

People are now texting and getting used to receiving text messages on their phones. Text messaging is hot – and getting hotter. Textalert enables salons to position themselves at the forefront of this cutting edge technology (no pun intended!) with a service that boasts no initial sign up fees and a low per message cost.