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2002
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NCC opens SMS service June 9, 2003, ComputerWorld
The National Computer Center – Field Operations Office (NCC-FOO) is now only a text message away. With a service dubbed as “TEXT NCCFOO”, parties can direct their queries and suggestions to the government agency by using their mobile phones and sending them to 2960.
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Texting Time for Government April 21 2003, ComputerWorld
Like its private sector counterpart in the look-out for better ways to serve customers, a service-oriented public sector organization has a potent tool for serving its constituents. It is the Text Address.
There was a time when face-to-face meetings and snail mail were sufficient ways of serving the public. However, when distance and time are important considerations, the telephone provides a number of advantages. Telephone calls, of course, have to be answered right away by government staff and are, generally, time consuming. Telephone lines also get busy and annoy callers in the process.
Then came the World Wide Web and e-mail. They provided new, interactive ways of serving the public. However, considering the still limited number of personal computers connected to the Internet, these tools are accessible only to a small segment of the public.
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Endless Quest For Killer Apps March 2002, BusinessWorld Online
Mobile Arts, Inc., a local wireless application service provider (WASP), believes there is no single application that makes a killer app. It is rather a suite of services that together bring killer apps for the carriers.
"Telecom companies sort of assembled a lot of things with different partners." said Ramon Duremdes, Jr. of Mobile-Arts. "Ultimately, we think that the killer suite is what the telcos assemble in terms of how they package their services."
Mobile Arts is one of the young companies in the Philippines that were established to cash in on the growing mobile market in the country. Mobile Arts provides enhanced wireless messaging, personal information, collaboration and entertainment products and services to end-users by partnering with telcos and corporate customers. The company is one of the firms behind Smart's mobile e-mail messaging service.
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Mobile Marketing Potentials Cited August 2001, Business World Online
Don't be surprised if your mobile phone will beep more often with more marketing offers.
Cellular companies like the Ayala-owned Globe Telecom, together with other companies, are recognizing that they could leverage on the country's approximately eight million mobile subscribers to deliver marketing messages.
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Execs Quit Jobs to Pursue Dream August 2001, Inquirer News Service
AFTER years of waiting, they finally got up and followed their dreams. Ramon Duremdes Jr. and Elmar Gomez met in a conference a few years back, both not knowing that they shared the same vision.
"We wanted to do something that we believe can make a difference," Gomez said.
Thus, wireless application services provider Mobile Arts was born. "I've always been interested in setting up my own business, but I just didn't know what kind. Then we saw the evolution of the wireless market, got an idea and then realized that not everybody knows the industry (like we do),'' Mobile Arts president and chief executive officer Duremdes said
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Text, not WAP, to Drive Mobile Commerce in RP, Says Start-up July 2001, INQ7.net
LOCAL wireless services start-up Mobile Arts Inc. on Tuesday disclosed plans of investing an estimated P108 million over the next five years to deliver wireless interactive messaging and value-added services in the Philippines.
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Messaging Seen as a Steady Revenue Earner for Mobile Service Providers July 2001, Business World Online
The wireless hype may be ebbing, but emerging opportunities in this space are starting to firm up.
One service that is expected to become a steady revenue-earner is mobile messaging, said Elmar M. Gomez, director of wireless application service provider Mobile Arts, Inc.
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Mobile Arts Sees Big Opportunities Ahead July 2001, PhilStar.com
The fast growing wireless data service market in the country, with six million GSM users recorded in the first quarter of the year alone, has spelled big business for newcomer Mobile Arts, Inc.. a wireless applications services provider (WASP).
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Newly Formed WASP Eyes Multiple Industry Sector for its Interactive Messaging Service July 2001, mb.com.ph
Amidst a gloomy season for dotcom deaths, multiple layoffs, and more depressing headlines in the global information and communications technology (ICT) sector, some companies remain confident on the prospect for growth and recovery - specifically in the wireless technology realm.
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