TeleMessage, a leading developer of messaging solutions, has announced that Golden State Cellular, one of California’s leading rural wireless carriers, has launched its Text to Landline application.

The Text to Landline application allows Golden State Cellular customers to create and send text messages to home phones all over the US and Canada.

The home phone recipient can then respond using their own voice back to the Golden State Cellular customer. The Golden State Cellular customer will also receive a status text message telling him if the message was delivered to a live person or a voicemail system and a reply text message if the home phone recipient replies.

“The Text to Landline application enhances the existing text messaging experience by allowing people who can text to communicate with people who do not,” said Mark Carlin, vice president of sales for the Americas at TeleMessage.

“We see this as an SMS feature enhancement allowing our customers to communicate with more people while they text message,” said Dan Rule, general manager of Golden State Cellular.