Incompatibilities between networks led to a long delay in enabling text messaging from one network to another.

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But when you go to view a full message there is often a delay while the full text downloads (at least on my iPhone 4).

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There had been lobbying by Israel and its strongest ally, the US, to try to delay the vote or change the text to obtain guarantees that no international legal action would be taken against Israel.

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