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LINK Mobility Reports a Solid Q2

Like its peers, LINK Mobility showed strong results in Q2. Unlike its peers, however, it is the only CPaaS company to report double-digit improvements in…

AT&T Tells the FCC It Has Blocked 9.5 Billion Spam Texts in 2023

This week’s FCC update comes from The Docket Digest, an email subscription service that’s currently in private beta. It is an AI-generated, human-curated update for…

Klaviyo Flexes into the Enterprise to Deliver a Stellar Q2

Klaviyo reported $222 million in revenue with a 35% year-over-year growth rate and SaaS-like 77% gross margins. At this rate, it is possible that the…

One Expert, One Topic — Chris Wendt Talks Right To Use (RTU)

Chris Wendt is one of the original authors of STIR/SHAKEN, a webRTC pioneer, and the co-chair of the joint IPNNI Joint task Force between ATIS…

Q2 Earnings from Twilio, Sinch, Bandwidth, and Upland

At $1.1 billion in revenue, with a 51% gross margin and improved free cash flow, Twilio took the prize for both earnings and profitability beats.…

Using an FU Meter to Build a Culture of Compliance

An "FU Meter" measures aggregate negative responses to a text messaging campaign. While standard opt-out monitoring captures responses to explicit commands like STOP, END, or…

AAPC Webinar: Getting Your Text Out: Compliance & Verification Made Easy

Ready for an apolitical discussion about political text messaging? I will be joining Stefan Heller, Brien Jones-Lantzy, Stephanie Lashley, Anna Quint and Julie Sweet (moderator)…

My Humans of Telecom Profile

I highly recommend subscribing to the Humans of Telecom podcast. Host Anurag Aggarwal offers a unique perspective on the global telecom industry by profiling the…

The Brand’s Guide to 10DLC Texting

“I didn’t know that’s how it [10DLC] all worked,” I overheard an audience member say at the MEF Leadership Forum in Miami in 2023. The…

My Best Advice — David Diggs

Thrown into the deep end at my first industry trade group meeting in 2013, I quickly learned the harsh realities of navigating challenging industry discussions.…

Early Rewards for Early Adopters (and other iOS RCS Observations)

ICYMI, if you updated to iOS 18 Beta 2 in the US, cross-platform RCS works for you, though only for text messages—it still falls back…

Why Everyone Should Root for Twilio to Win Its TCPA Lawsuit

Twilio is the target of a TCPA complaint that could redefine the industry’s compliance landscape. TCPA complaints are routine for any large communications platform; however,…