The number of spam text messages is increasing day by day. With more and more companies and businesses turning towards mobile text message marketing, mobile users are looking for channels to guard themselves against these mobile text messages. A number of mobile phone utilities can be downloaded and installed on mobile phones these days which can provide security to these SmartPhone users by blocking unwanted text messages.

There are more than 4 Billion worldwide cell phone subscribers, and according to The International Telecommunication Union, the number is increasing day by day. Out of these 4 billion users, approximately 19 – 20% are SmartPhone users. Using mobile phone utilities is easier for SmartPhone users, such as those using Windows Mobile or BlackBerry phones. These mobiles running on Operating System allow the users to easily download and install softwares on their phones to provide different functionalities to them.

According to a survey carried out in 2007, more than 189 billion Unsecured text messages were sent in that year. According to Gartner, this figure was expected to reach an increasing 300 billion in the start of year 2009. With this alarming increase in mobile text messages, there is definitely a need for mobile phone users to take some security measures against unsolicited and insecure text messages as these messages can pose a security vulnerability to phone users, not to forget the extra charges deducted from the mobile phone users on receiving a message.

The highest amount of SMS Text Messages is in the region China and India, followed by Asia Pacific. This is followed by North America, Western Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, with Eastern Europe at the last. Since the number of unsolicited SMS Text Messages is increasing day by day, new utilities are also making it to the market to solve these issues. TextGuard is a handy mobile phone utility developed mainly to provide text messaging security to mobile phone user. It works with BlackBerry and Windows Mobile phone and runs in the background. The utility allows mobile users to monitor all SMS and Text message activities of their mobile phone. It can block spam text messages by blocking certain phone numbers using the admin panel on the website. The software can also filter text messages which use specific words which you want filtered. The mobile phone utility is extremely handy and allows full tracking and monitoring of all sent and received text messages. The utility is completely independent of service provider and will work if your mobile phone is compatible with the software. The online module allows users to organize, search and retrieve the text messages as and when needed. SmartPhone users can download and install the utility after registering online at www.TextGuard.com by either trying the 30 days free trial or by paying a small fee.