SMS

Receiving SMS Messages via Shortcodes & Keywords

mokil — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:31:14 +0000

Back around 1998, more and more billboards started to display some odd messages, along the lines of "Visit us on the web at www.companyname.com". This was a major shift in advertising and gave marketers another avenue to explore. It was, of course, the beginning of the Internet's move from academia to the mainstream, and the proliferation of Web sites seemed to happen almost overnight.

Handling SMS delivery receipts

mokil — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:54:49 +0000

Recently, we looked at how to send SMS messages using a standard HTTP POST-based API. As was intimated at the time, most APIs also allow you to process delivery receipts for the messages you send. This allows you to determine the status of the message, i.e. delivered, failed, expired etc. Let's take a look at how this all works.

Sending SMS Messages - A Quick Recap

Sending SMS from Apps and Webapps

mokil — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:27:29 +0000

It’s easy to send SMS messages from any Web site or application, but it’s surprising how few sites/applications actually do this. Integrating SMS into your system gives it something extra, and allows your system to enhance the mobile experience for the user. In this article, we’ll look at how an SMS message can be sent from any system, and at a few providers who offer this functionality.

Choosing an SMS Provider

There are essentially three types of SMS provider:

Mobile Network (e.g. Vodafone, Three)
Aggregator
SMS Messaging Company

Sending SMS with SMPP, Kannel and Java

senthadev@gmail.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:30:28 +0000

There are many technologies and protocols that can be used to send and receive SMS from an application. This article focuses on sending SMS via a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), with the help of the Kannel SMS gateway.

In order for an application to send a SMS, it generally has to communicate with a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) over the Internet. To understand in more detail consider the following example.

A Media service provider wants to send a program timetable as an SMS to its end customers. The application is running on a Linux based java application server.

Email configuration via SMS

Julien Buratto — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:21:46 +0000

Many of you will have experienced how a call to a network operator has resulted in an SMS containing configuration settings being sent to your phone. In this article we will look at how to configure a mobile phone's email account settings via SMS. Many phones support POP3 and IMAP accounts; in this example we are going to configure a simple POP3 account.

To check emails, an access point (APN) is also needed, so we will also configure an internet connection.

Binary SMS: sending rich content to devices using SMS

Julien Buratto — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:36:56 +0000

This article will explain from a high level to a lower level how to write a simple SMS-enabled mobile application which will allow you to send "Over The Air installation messages". After reading this article, you will be able to create a small J2ME applet which will theoretically send itself to another phone using an SMS message as the means of delivery.