Wow, what a year! While it's hard to believe it's over, 2015 turned out to be one of our best. It was so good, I thought it was worth reliving it once again before we head into 2016. Here are the highlights for Fastsms that make us puff out our chests and tear up with pride...
Even though it's entrenched in our daily lives, mobile is still a relatively new technology that's suffering from growing pains. People and businesses are finding new and different ways to use smartphones which keeps everyone involved on their toes. One trend in particular is the growth of instant messaging (IM) apps. It was big news when Whatsapp sent more daily messages than were sent over SMS. Some called it the death knell of SMS messaging. Others said mobile was all about apps and notifications. They claimed the only way to engage customers is to get them into an app. SMS messaging was old technology and couldn't keep up. In reality though, SMS...
This month the fastsms team celebrates a special anniversary. Aimee Ward, our Customer Services Manager, has been with us for 10 years. We thought we could make it extra special and show how much we appreciate her by featuring her in a blog post.
For a while now we've had keywords on shortcodes and virtual mobile numbers (VMNs). This latest update lets you manage your keywords on our shortcode and your VMNs in exactly the same way. We've made it easy to search and reserve your keywords from right in NetMessenger. And because...
We've had quite a ride here at fastsms. Last month we were featured in Corporate Vision Magazine. This month, we're proud to announce we've been selected Best for SMS Technology - UK & Best Messaging Platform – UK by Technology Innovator Awards 2015. Earlier this year we released NetMessenger 2. This major release of our SMS web-based platform was a huge step toward embracing new technology that enables us to add features and respond to customer requests faster than our competitors. Oliver Burt, our Marketing Director describes it this way: "We've always developed all of our systems in-house with our own dedicated development team. We rebuilt our entire messaging system on BootStrap and have been able to ramp up the rate of development significantly." The recognition from Corporate Vision magazine, its readers, the Technology Innovator Awards committee, and our customers feels wonderful. We're grateful to everyone that voted for us and we're excited to continue our mission to make SMS messaging...
