GoLive! Mobile Blog

Up and coming carrier U.S Cellular has recently launched Premium SMS connectivity and GoLive! Mobile was invited to participate in the Beta Test. A few weeks into the Beta, we have now successfully processed thousands of mobile billing transactions on the U.S Cellular network on behalf of our clients.

Once the Beta test concludes successfully (2 – 4 weeks), we will be offering U.S Cellular PSMS connectivity to all of our shared short codes. Dedicated short code clients doing over $50,000/month in revenue will be eligible to add U.S Cellular at no additional cost.

While U.S Cellular is not AT&T or Verizon, adding this regional carrier  gives existing PSMS clients the ability to increase their revenue by a few % without doing anything. Who can argue with that?!

A very exciting development indeed — we are working with 2 local Chinese companies to integrate Chinese Premium SMS and Short Code Services into our offering. We have been working on this for a very long time with multiple setbacks, and we can now say that we are within 3 months away from officially launching in China. We will be one of the first — if not the first — U.S-based company to offer connectivity in China.

Besides the language, there are many oddities about the Chinese market. To name a few, there is no requirement for double opt-in, and there are very little content restrictions whatsoever.

The primary drawback of China is the low tarriffs available — for example 1 – 4 RMB. If you pull up a currency converter this amounts to very small payments in dollar or euro terms. But then again — with around half a billion mobile phone users live with Premium SMS, the country has staggering possibilities.

We have partnered with a translation services firm to launch a Mandarin version of Concierge and InstaConnect API, as well as a Mandarin version of our website.

Sometime in the fall we should be putting out an official P.R — look for it!