The proposals to be brought forward would address the fact the police - who can already tell when, where and who made a mobile phone call or sent a text message - cannot always trace the origin of an email, a message sent via instant messaging or a phone call made over the internet.
All questions and answers are transmitted by text message between mobile-phone users and a remote server that concocts imaginary dates.
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Some time after midnight on Thursday, hours after Megrahi touched down on Libyan soil, the state-owned mobile phone network al-Madar sent a text message to its subscribers.
If website visitors click on the Scout Drive Button from their computer rather than their phone, Scout will offer the option of sending a link to launch navigation on their phone via a text message or mobile email.
Currently more than 1.1m people are signed up to receive the flood warnings which can be sent by email, text, or a message to a landline or mobile phone.
Many firms such as BASF in Germany are offering to match their staffs' donations, while some European mobile phone companies say they will give up to one euro for every text message sent to a crisis hotline.
Possession of a mobile or cell phone plus an airtime package does not simply allow you to send a text message to one person.
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Perhaps the best perk of using Google Voice is its voicemail message transcription service, which allows you to read messages from your mobile phone in text form.
Synaptics' chief scientist, Shawn Day, is close to releasing a phone finger touchpad for writing Mandarin characters--an easier way to key in a mobile text message (the Chinese send millions of them every day).
Mr North told the committee that alternatives could include transferring money on mobile phones in a similar way to sending a text message, just by knowing the other person's phone number.
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