SMS gateway reduces effort for application developers
For the average mobile phone user, an SMS gateway is of little interest and few people know or understand the reason for their existence. However, as many mobile developers have discovered, SMS gateways are key in facilitating the transmission of billions of text messages every year. Mobile application developer knowledge of SMS gateways is vital when one considers that according to the Mobile Messaging Association, an average 216 million text messages were sent every day in the UK in 2008. This adds up to 78.9 billion text messages in just 2008!
SMS gateways allow text messages to be sent between different communication channels, such as mobile phones, email, landline telephones or software applications, that make use of different communication protocols. They do this through making available a range of different application programming interfaces (API’s), to make connection to the SMS gateway possible. The text message is then ‘translated’ into the receiver’s protocol.
The introduction of the concept of an SMS gateway in the mid-1990’s was a great boon for application developers. It eliminated the need for several protocols to be programmed into any new application, saving developers precious time and money. SMS gateways give application developers the ability to text message-enable any website or application through API’s. No matter the communication protocol of either the sender or receiver, text messages will be transmitted successfully through an SMS gateway. SMS gateway API’s are created with application developers in mind and offer easy integration into any system.
An SMS gateway should be capable of enterprise volume message sending, as well as offer binary (for pictures, music etc) and 2 way messaging capabilities. Good SMS gateway providers supply full API documentation and script libraries, as well as 24/7 technical support.
Access is usually free to register, includes message test credits and pay-per-use once your application is ready to send out live messages, so check out an SMS gateway at no risk.
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