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PRESS ALERT/ MobileSphere Launches 'Text Your Sweetheart Day' With Unlimited Valentine's Day SMS Messaging on February 14, 2007

Posted on: Thursday, 8 February 2007, 09:00 CST

MobileSphere, a leading-edge provider of global communications solutions, today announced the launch of the first Text Your Sweetheart Day, to be held online at http://www.joopz.com on Valentine's Day, Wednesday, February 14, 2007. Joopz™ "web texting" enables two-way text messaging from the Web to any mobile phone in the U.S. and Canada and will be available on an unlimited basis for free all day.

Users can select from up to ten text messages that appear on traditional and 2007 candy hearts, including:

ILU (I Love You)

QT TT (Cutie Pie)

TOY (Thinking of You)

4EAE (Forever and Ever)

UR 1-D-R-FUL (You Are Wonderful)

Anyone with access to the Web can send an unlimited number of texts to their friends and loved ones. Messages can be sent to both individuals and groups, while recipients can respond directly to the sender's desktop computer. Users can either schedule texts to be sent at a specific time or can send them instantly.

WHAT: Text Your Sweetheart Day (TXT UR SWEETHRT DAY) - send virtual candy heart messages via SMS to any cell phone in the U.S. and Canada for free

WHEN: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - all day

WHERE: http://www.joopz.com

"Whether you text all the time or if you have never texted before, Web texting with Joopz is fast, easy and convenient, and Valentine's Day is a great day to communicate with the special people in your life," commented Gavin Macomber, MobileSphere's executive vice president of marketing. "Texting has grown more in the past year than ever before, and we wanted to give everyone a fun way to experience it."

Joopz enables users to send and receive text messages from any web-enabled device to any mobile phone, without having the need to download special software or other applications. It features include two-way "web texting" where users can send and receive text messages from the Web to any mobile phone, as well as Group Chat, Scheduled Messages, Text Reminders and more. Joopz bridges the gap between the Web and short message service (SMS), providing near real-time communication between a PC and a mobile phone.

About MobileSphere

Headquartered in Boston, Mass., MobileSphere has been a leading provider of global wireless communications solutions since 2001. Utilizing its patent-pending soft-switch technology, coupled with its global Tier 1 network, MobileSphere provides its customers with innovative, highly-competitive, market-proven solutions. Leveraging the migration from fixed to mobile communications and serving customers worldwide, the company focuses on the communications needs of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), colleges and universities, medium-to-large enterprises and consumers. For additional information, visit http://www.mobile-sphere.com.

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Source: Business Wire

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