3jam Lands Virgin Mobile Tie-In
Duncan Riley
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Multi-person SMS startup 3jam has launched a new tie-in with Virgin Mobile USA: 3jam SMS 2.0.
The new service provides an improved level of text messaging by allowing friends and family to connect by multi-party text-message conversations. The 3jam application is free and requires no subscription, however standard text messaging rates apply.
The launch marks the first time a U.S. mobile operator has launched a multi-party text messaging product. Virgin Mobile USA currently has 4.8 million subscribers.
For 3jam the deal is a competitive advantage in a crowded vertical; having a tie up with a telco is a definite positive that will see many, many more people exposed to their product. See our previous coverage of the space here.
3jam took $4 million in funding from Norwest Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates in July 2007.
Once again, America, you’re welcome.
We only know how to do things one way at Virgin: innovative, useful, and stylish. You don’t see those wankers from AT&T or Verizon doing this! (Or T-Mobile or Vodafone over on our side of the pond.)
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Their website says that:
Q: If I use 3jam to group text with multiple people, do I pay for an outgoing message to each person?
A: No! You only incur the cost of the one outgoing message sent to 3jam. 3jam then sends your message to all the other recipients of the group text.
wow this could really save money if you are like me who try to coordinate stuff via text messaging.
I’ve looked at 3jam before…what is it exactly is so different about their messaging service that’s different again?
Most carriers/phones already have group text messaging.
Kent,
I was thinking the same way.
Then i realized it is slightly different and here it is..( I came to know only after using it )
- You send a SMS message to 3 of your friends x. y ,z
- And if X wants to reply to all, he can just reply and all( y, z and yourself will get the message )
- It is just slightly different.( In a way it is like Distribution List )
- I am sure Google will be coming up with a similar feature ( : )
Obviously a knock-off the the as yet unreleased Windows Textofile Remote Messagebuddy!
I don’t know how they got ahold of the Alpha, but wait until the 4th quarter of ‘08 when we release v1.0. You will see how this is really suposed to work!
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Wow..Richard Branson surely know the way how to make money seems fun and full of laughter. Rite now, i’m jealous with the 3jam guys…
but the dangerous thing is, rite now, everything seems to obsolete at faster rate…
Congrats to Enlai and team! sounds like an excellent opportunity for them both.
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Please check out http://rockitmobile.de, a very promising Mobile Web 2.0 start up from Cologne, Germany. Their money saver (besides other features) is called Rock-All.
If I had known about this, it would have saved me alot of headache when I was trying to organize a simple outing with 20 people. Luckily it will be a breeze now that I”m hooked up.
Is this available in Canada? This rocks!!!!!!
3jam uniquely positions itself as a “many to many” or “multi-peer to multi-peer.” That is a USP over generic texting offered by operators, which enables “one to many” or “one to one” as replys. Notwithstanding the focus on the consumer experience here, the real value is to operators who can mitigate, aka delay, their entry into the Mobile IM space, and continue capturing high revenue streams from “old pipes” meaning extend the value proposition of core SMS. Watch this company….
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