A rather simplistic story on the use of premium (or otherwise) shortcodes in US and its use in content service…Google started one for local information…also Weather.com last month activated a service that offers 36-hour weather forecasts when people send a text message containing a ZIP code or city and state name to the number 42278…
Remains to be seen whether shortcode based servies take off in US…
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