Overseas startups jump to pick up Twitter’s slack

Overseas startups jump to pick up Twitter’s slack

Following our report on Wednesday that Twitter will stop sending mobile SMS updates to users in countries other than the United States, Canada and India, several startups have stepped forward to say they’ll help out (for a reasonable fee).

To recap, Twitter found that it was being charged unreasonable amounts — up to $1,000 per user — in areas like Europe to send SMS messages to users, because of different billing standards. In the US, Twitter… Continue Reading