December 8, 2005

Reuters SMS Alerts

phoneImageStep3.jpg Reuters is offering a selection of business and entertainment news alerts by SMS in the UK, reports Mike Grenville for 160characters.org.

"The text message alerts from Reuters provide a UK breaking news service covering both Business and Entertainment stories. By signing up to top UK News or Entertainment News, an average of 1-3 alerts will be sent per day, 7 days a week while the Business & Market News is just sent weekdays.

The weekday Market Close message includes Closing price of the FTSE including the net day points and percentage change, top gainers and falling shares - by percentage - within the FTSE and the exchange rate of the British Pound against the US Dollar."