A new SMS news alert service has been launched recently. It’s called matchalert and it’s aimed at those dedicated football/soccer fans who want to keep up with their team while on the go.
Although similar services already exist on the market, matchalert says their advantage is in the flexibility and “sophistication of web-based subscription management.” Meaning that users can customise their alerts using the matchalert website, and easily stop the service via the usual “stop” text message.
As I said, it’s customization that’s matchalert’s main strength and in that sense users can:
- receive only the final score, or a single SMS per game;
- subscribe to a whole league – all goals and/or final scores;
- follow a wide range of leagues and teams, including the Barclays Premiership, the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League. Subscription to a particular team means the user receives alerts for that team across all competitions.
Each SMS alert costs 25 pence, plus standard network charges, and users are limited to receiving a maximum of 18 text messages per week…