Swarmteams Ltd has released Swarm-it! and Swarm-Pro, two brand new services which allow groups of people to send and receive messages across web, email, instant messaging, mobile SMS and RSS.

These services enable multi-channel mobile group messaging to anyone with a mobile phone or internet connection, no matter where they are located.

Swarm-it! and Swarm-Pro in fact work globally and with different mobile operators. Swarm-it! and Swarm-Pro also support direct communication with the most popular instant messaging clients, such as ICQ, Skype and MSN Messenger.

More details, info and a full video quick tour here:

Here you can take a look at the 7' video realized by Michael Pick, executive editor of MasterNewMedia, in which he lets you explore these new services and shows you how they work.

I have added internal links in the video, so that you can easily find the parts of it that interest you more:

Video introduction to Swarm-it! and Swarm-Pro realized by Michael Pick of MasterNewMedia

System requirements

Swarm-it! and Swarm-Pro are web hosted services, so you don't need to download nor install anything on your computer.

Price

Swarm-it! is free and once you sign up you get a bonus of 50 free messages. After those are exhausted Swarm-it! costs $9.95 for 100 SMS.

Swarm-Pro has no fixed pricing yet. You need to talk to Swarmteams Ltd because cost will be determined upon your specific needs.

Learn more

Take a look at the complete review of Swarm-it! and Swarm-Pro posted by Robin Good on MasterNewMedia.

Watch the online demo of Swarmteams Ltd services.

Read Swarmteams Ltd latest news page to stay updated with the latest news.

Check out also David Wilcox's review on Designing for Civil Society

Try it out

Sign up for Swarm-it! and Swarm-Pro.

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1. PartySync
   
   
   
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   http://partysync.com





2. txtGroups
   
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   http://www.txtgroups.com/





3. Ipipi
   
   
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   • corporate reporting to view usage patterns for your users
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   . ipipi is a pay-as-you-go service. Rates depend on how many credits are purchased at once starting from 50 credits for $.15 per SMS. There is a one-time set-up fee of $99 for a Corporate Account.
   http://www.ipipi.com/