Tag Archives: Messaging
Sending SMS from Apps and Webapps
August 10, 2010, by mokil
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... Read More
10th annual Global Messaging Congress (June 22-23 2010, London, UK): special offer for mobiThinking readers
June 7, 2010, by mobiThinking
In the decade since the first Global Messaging Congress, the messaging landscape has changed immeasurably. As consumer text-messaging boomed, savvy companies cottoned onto the potential for mobile marketing and subscription-based alerts using SMS. Today, with the advent of mobile Web, mobile email, instant messaging and mobile applications, companies are now reconsidering their loyalty to SMS-based messaging. This means that mobile operators and messaging providers need to think hard about how they are going to keep traditional mobile messaging attractive... Read More
Sending SMS with SMPP, Kannel and Java
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... Read More
SMS Messaging in Android
March 12, 2009, by weimenglee
It would be safe to say that nearly every mobile phone sold in the past decade has SMS messaging capabilities. In fact, SMS messaging is one great killer application for the mobile phone and it has created a steady revenue stream for mobile operators. Understanding how to use SMS messaging in your application can provide you with many ideas to create the next killer application... Read More
Valentines Day to break messaging record
February 12, 2009, by mobiThinking
Valentine’s Day 2009 is gearing up to be the biggest texting day ever, with VeriSign predicting 3.5 billion messages will be sent in North America alone. On February 14 last year, VeriSign estimated 2.2 billion messages would be sent in the US, suggesting a 37 percent increase. For 2009 as a whole, VeriSign’s estimates imply an increase in total messaging for the year of 30 percent compared to 2008... Read More
