New Age SMS for Italians

Along comes a new 21st century way of writing Italian. Popularized by young people via SMS, the new spelling uses maths symbols, homonyms, numbers, and abbreviations to speed up the transfer of messages.

We're in a frenetic age now and communication often takes place not with a telephone but with a mobile phone. Whether on the street, traveling on a train or bus, or in a remote town, it seems everyone is in a hurry. Not only that but there's also a need, when creating Italian text messages, to convey a concept within a limited space, meaning youngsters save money, as each message sent is limited to 160 characters.

Traditional hand written letters have already disappeared and are out of fashion and e-mail inboxes are overflowing with spam. Nowadays mobile phones have become the preferred method for expressing sentiments and emotions. Sometimes PSMS messages are even sent between two people standing just a few feet apart from one another.

Learn More: http://www.m-bill.net/coverage/sms/premium/europe/italy

Mobile Pricechecker for Italy

Italian shoppers are now able to use their mobile phones to get cheaper prices thanks to premium SMS. Mobile phone users are able to check out prices of certain food items by sending in the name of the item that they want checked to 474947. They then receive a reply listing the wholesale and average retail prices for the item in the northern, southern and central areas of the country. Shoppers are then able to seek out the best bargains.

SMS Consumatori indexes prices from more than 2.000 stores, including big high-street chains as well as independent market traders. This enables most people to be able to hunt out a bargain as more than half the country owns a mobile phone.

Learn more: http://www.m-bill.net/coverage/sms/premium/europe/italy