- Product Manual
- Introduction
- Installation Guide
- User Guide
- Developers Guide
- Examples and Solutions
- Appendix
- SMS FAQ
- 1.1 SMS basics
- 1.2 Why is SMS so successful?
- 1.3 Example applications of SMS messaging
- 1.4 SMS number formats
- 1.5 Mobile message types
- 1.6 SMSC
- 1.7 SMS Gateway
- 1.8 Two way SMS systems
- 2.1 Prerequisites
- 2.2 Network requirements
- 2.3 General Information
- 2.4 Message routing
- 2.5 Message types
- 2.6 Delivery reports
- 3.1 GSM modem
- 3.2 SMPP
- 3.3 CIMD2
- 3.4 UCP/EMI
- 3.5 HTTP
- 3.6 SMTP
- 4.1 API
- 4.2 SQL to SMS
- 4.3 HTTP to SMS
- 4.4 E-mail to SMS
- 4.5 Autoreply database
- 5.1 Performance
- 5.2 Logging
- 5.3 Errors
- 5.4 Reporting
- 6.1 Trial version
- 6.2 Licensing
- Feature list
- Commercial Information
- Search
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SMS Gateway technology. Use our SMS Server products on Windows,Linux, or Android
C# SMS API
Developers can use our C# SMS API to send SMS from C#.Net. The C# SMS API comes with full source code
PHP SMS API
The ozeki PHP SMS gateway software can be used to send SMS from PHP and to receive SMS usig PHP on your website
SMPP SMS Gateway
SMS service providers use our SMPP gateway solution, that offers a high performance SMPP server and SMPP client gateway with amazing routing capabilities
Example applications of SMS messaging
What applications can SMS messaging be used for?
You can use SMS messaging for a lot of different purposes that include Person-to-Person Text Messaging, Information Provision, Downloading, Alerts/Notifications (E-mail, Fax and Voice Message Notifications, E-Commerce and Credit Card Transaction Alerts, Stock Market Alerts, Remote System Monitoring), Two-Way Interactive Text Messaging Applications, and SMS Marketing.
What is Person-to-Person Text Messaging?
This is the most commonly used application of SMS messaging, and the primary reason for being developed. With this, you can send short text messages from your mobile phone to another mobile phone.There is also chat application which enables a group of people to exchange SMS messages in an interactive way.
What is Information Provision?
It is also a popular application of SMS messaging in which mobile users get information via SMS texts.It can be used, for instance, to send news, weather report, etc. to mobile users. Several of these information services are paid services.
SMS messaging for Alerts and Notifications?
Yes, you can use it for these purposes.Since most people always have their mobile phones at hand, it is a
good way to send information of important events and alerts, if needed.
You can use, for instance, SMS notifications in case of incoming
e-mails. Whenever a new e-mail comes into your e-mail inbox, you can get
an SMS notification of this. You can use this also for Fax and Voice messages.
Similarly, SMS messaging can also be used in case of E-commerce
or Credit Card transactions.
More information
- SMS basics
- Why is SMS so successful?
- SMS number formats
- SMS and MMS message types
- Short Message Service Center (SMSC)
- SMS Gateway
- Two way SMS system - Ozeki NG
- Hardware and software requirements
- 2.2 Network requirements
- Ozeki SMS Gateway - General information about the software
- Routing
- Message types
- Delivery reports
- GSM modem
- SMPP
- CIMD2
- UCP/EMI
- HTTP
- SMTP
- API
- SQL to SMS
- HTTP to SMS gateway
- E-mail to SMS and SMS to E-mail forwarding
- Autoreply database
- Performance and scalability
- Logging
- Problem resolution
- Cost control and usage statistics
- Trial version of the SMS Gateway
- Commercial questions
Most popular
If you are insterested in how to setup automated SMS notifications, you should apply one of the following configurations:
SMS through HTTP requests
SMS from E-mail
SMS from the command line
SMS using txt files
If you are a software developer you can proceed to adding SMS functionality to your source code by clicking on one of the following links:
PHP SMS example
C# SMS example
ASP SMS example
SQL SMS example
Delphi SMS example
If you would like to send and receive SMS messages from MS Office applications, please check out the following links:
Send SMS from MS Excel
Send SMS from MS Outlook
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