Verizon Wireless to Give SMS a Voice

Verizon Wireless is among several carriers planning to launch services that let subscribers send text messages from wireless phones to landline phones, reports
Unstrung.

"Verizon Wireless will use TeleMessage 's SMS product to convert typed text messages into audio messages that play to a recipient's landline phone. "

Verizon Wireless is planning to launch the service in mid-June, according to sources at TeleMessage. A spokesman for Verizon Wireless declined to discuss the launch."

emily | 11:10 AM | New SMS Services |
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