Crisp, the online child protection technology specialist, has established a partnership with  AdaptiveMobile to offer its next generation anti-grooming software to mobile phone network providers.
AdaptiveMobile, which provides mobile subscriber protection for enterprises and individuals, has added Crisps anti-grooming technology to its offering to further protect young people increasingly engaged in Internet-based conversations via mobile phone handsets.   
Crisps technology will build upon AdaptiveMobiles existing Inappropriate Content and Parental Control systems. AdaptiveMobile provides the ability to control inappropriate access to SMS, MMS, email, Instant Messenger (IM), web and WAP services.
The addition of Crisps technology to AdaptiveMobiles portfolio will enable mobile operators to expand the social networking capabilities of their networks, while at the same time delivering a more responsible offering to customers.
Adaptive points out that by the age of 15, more than 90% of children own a mobile and that 23% of three to six-year-olds use a mobile phone. Mobile Internet use has also seen a steep increase since 2003, with 21% of mobile users accessing the Internet on a mobile phone or PDA, compared to just 5% five years ago.
Crisps technology does not restrict Internet access, but uses an innovative approach to identifying potentially-inappropriate IM and social-network conversations, which can put young people at risk from online predators. Crisp makes sure parents are aware of unsuitable relationships, while still giving children their online privacy. Parents are only alerted to dangerous relationships via SMS text messages.
The opportunities for online conversation have increased dramatically as advanced mobile phone technology is offering similar quality Internet access to a home PC or laptop, says Crisp Thinking CEO, Andrew Lintell. Quite simply, this means a device that may have been bought by parents to provide extra security could in fact offer abusers a direct link to children.
Lintell notes that Oonline groomers aim to isolate their victims and normalise their actions, adding that these tactics can be even more effective when a young person is using a device to communicate in more private and remote locations than when they are using a PC. 
Crisps technology goes so much further than website blocking and locking says Lintelll. Without taking away young peoples freedom to explore the Internet, their parents can be safe in the knowledge that our systems are keeping an eye on who they are talking to, and more importantly, what is being said.
AdpativeMobile CEO Lorcan Burke says the company felt that it was important, with the growth of Mobile IM to find a solution to the growing dangers of grooming using mobile platforms. 
It is important to realise that the busiest network time for phones owned by children is 10pm, which is generally when they have gone to bed, says Burke. This fact alone demonstrates how exposed young people are to potential threats. Crisps technology will play a major role in preventing unscrupulous and calculated predators establishing any kind of relationship with our children.