Available literature records that in the last ten years, there have been numerous successful attempts by higher education institutions worldwide in using text messages to support distance learners. From Africa, these include the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Makerere University, Uganda. From the Asia-Pacific region are the Allama Iqbal Open University of Pakistan, the Sheffield Hallam University branch in India, the Srinakharinwirot University of Thailand, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Box Hill Institute of TAFE, Victoria, Australia. Elsewhere, in the United Kingdom, universities that have also implemented mobile learning via SMS include Kingston University and the University of Ulster.