The other person receives a text message with a code to take to the local M-Pesa agent to get the money.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

The spokeswoman says if you get an e-mail you are not sure about, forward it or send a separate message to ContactETS@ets.org.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Walter Curioso of the University of Washington describes a program in Peru where AIDS patients get a text message reminding them to take their medicine.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

With more colleges and universities across the country now offering childcare programs on campus, she hopes other teen mothers get the message that having a baby is no excuse to quit school.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

When you buy a drug, you scratch the panel, you send a text message with the number that you see, and you get a response instantly at the counter if the drug is genuine or fake."

VOA: standard.2010.06.07