Text message company gains global mobile access

Text messaging service Plus SMS has signed a second deal which it says will give it worldwide text messaging access.

Plus SMS Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of its NZAX-listed holding company , will receive international messaging services from Paris-based Mobile 365 Operator Services SAS.

As a result, Plus SMS' text messages will have access to the 500-plus Mobile 365 operator network.

Plus SMS, which specialises in "vanity SMS codes" on text messages, said the Mobile 365 agreement was the second of its "hubbing partners".

The deal would provide "access from hundreds of mobile telephone networks in the world" to its codes.

Plus SMS' first agreement was signed this year with Hong Kong-based Citic Telecom, giving access to China.

Shares in Plus SMS were flat at 50c in early afternoon trading.

- NZPA