With voice, cloud-SMS provider Nexmo is moving in on its larger rival Twilio's turf. Meanwhile Twilio is growing its messaging business globally and targeting the enterprise.…
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In the internet of things, let things remain things
Ahead of our Mobilize event Oct. 16 and 17, we asked experts how 50 billion connected devices and 6 billion people change their industries. In this essay, Arrayent's Shane Dyer talks about reducing complexity in our products.…
Read MoreTwilio-challenger Nexmo is handling 250 million text messages a month
With those kind of numbers, Nexmo is starting to look like a mobile operator, and that's sort of exactly what Nexmo is: a global SMS carrier for the app developers and internet businesses.…
Read MoreVerizon launches cross-platform SMS, letting you text from your PC or tablet
Verizon just turned tablets and PCs into fully functioning SMS clients. It's new Verizon Messaging service virtualizes its texting and MMS capabilities on the iPad, Android tablets and multiple web browsers.…
Read MoreTwilio’s new SIP service links developers to enterprise phone networks
Twilio wants to become the universal translator of communications protocols in the cloud. The new service acts as a bridge between the SIP-based world of enterprise PBX networks to any other type of calling technology.…
Read MoreWith Twilio’s help, AT&T opens up SMS, voice to developers
AT&T is launching a new program called Advanced Communication Suite which not only resells Twilio-powered cloud communications apps but lets more-savvy businesses tap into its voice and SMS APIs. What's more, given Twilio's broad reach, AT&T may overcome the problem of cross-carrier fragmentation.…
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