Heart Radio Embraces Its Mobile Listeners For ‘Who’s On Heart’ With Voice Shortcodes
Heart Radio embraces its mobile listeners for ‘Who’s On Heart’ with voice shortcodes Global Radio’s Heart Radio network is re-running its hugely popular Who’s On Heart competition giving listeners the chance to win up to £100K. The competition, which runs across the entire Heart Radio network, comprising 21 local radio stations and 9.2 million weekly […]
Our Direct Payment API – One Year On
Our Direct Payment API — One Year On Has it been a year already? It’s actually been over twelve months since we first introduced our Direct Payment API, which is now used by numerous brands and organisations to process millions of transactions each year. The product allows brands to easily integrate Direct Carrier Billing alongside their existing billing […]
Introducing Winner Picker – The Easy Way To Pick Competition Winners
Introducing Winner Picker — the easy way to pick competition winners When a competition is over there’s still some work to be done, you’ll need to pick a winner! The traditional way of putting names in a hat to pick a winner can prove time consuming, particularly when you have hundreds, thousands or millions of entries. Our […]
We’ve Been Awarded Vodafone Platinum Status
We’ve been awarded Vodafone Platinum Status We’re excited to announce that Fonix is now one of only a handful of providers to be awarded Vodafone Platinum Partner status — the highest level within Vodafone’s partner accreditation scheme. Awarded by a range of criteria which includes revenue, customer service levels, innovation and technical expertise, this strengthens our relationship with […]
Fonix Gets a Deloitte Fast 50 Ranking!
Fonix gets a Deloitte Fast 50 ranking! Global professional services business, Deloitte has announced the results of its annual Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards, ranking the UK’s 50 fastest growing technology companies based on revenue growth over the last four years. Following a hugely impressive growth period Fonix ranked 50th in the annual Fast 50 programme. […]
Fonix Helps BBC Children in Need Raise Record Breaking £6.6M
Fonix helps BBC Children in Need raise record breaking £6.6m We’re proud to announce that this year’s Children In Need raised a record £6.6m via Fonix’s text-to-donate platform — out of a total £37m raised so far in 2015. It’s great to be supporting such an amazing charity event — this is the second year in a row that Fonix […]
From Zero to Hero in One Year, Fonix Ranks 34 in the 2015 Sunday Times Tech Track
From zero to hero in one year, Fonix ranks 34 in the 2015 Sunday Times Tech Track The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track has announced the annual Tech Track 100, an independently ranked list of the UK’s fastest growing technology companies based on size, turnover and profit and Fonix has ranked at number 34. The Tech […]
BBC Children in Need break mobile donation record with Fonix
BBC Children in Need break mobile donation record with Fonix BBC Children in Need selected Harvest and Fonix for the provision of the text donations and mobile gift aid solution for their 2014 campaign. Fonix’s mobile billing and campaign management platforms provided audiences with the opportunity to donate and interact via mobile. The 2014 campaign delivered […]
The Big Reasons to Use ‘Small-Data’ to Drive Mobile Interactions
The big reasons to use ‘small-data’ to drive mobile interactions The world is obsessed about talking about ‘Big Data’ and business strategies to manage this to support customer services and engagement. Here at Fonix, we focus on helping our customers segment their data into smaller, more powerful data sets to drive our partners’ mobile marketing […]
Happy 23rd Birthday, SMS
Happy 23rd Birthday, SMS Neil Papworth introduced SMS to the world on December 3, 1992. It was exactly 23 years ago to the day when the first-ever text message was sent. Neil Papworth, a software engineer sent the message to a colleague at Vodafone. It read simply, “Merry Christmas.” Quadrillions of SMS messages later, SMS […]