Clickatell UK Blog

The City of London’s police force have recently launched a trial SMS service that allows residents to contact the police via SMS messages – a real-world example of how SMS gateways can be employed to save lives.

The SMS Gateway enables British business owners to mobilise their messaging and stay at the forefront of changing consumer trends.

UK financial institutions are using SMS gateway connections to offer their customers secure mobile services with great results.

As discussed in our last SMS gateway post, financial institutions are moving towards mobile platforms, utilising the benefits offered by SMS gateway text messaging.

As more financial institutions move towards mobile platforms, the SMS gateway has become an increasingly important role in secure communications between these institutions & their customers.

So it’s Thursday 2pm, and with my fourth coffee of the day in hand and no lunch as of yet, I am feeling slightly edgy when it happens…the faint buzz in my pocket indicating a new text message.

The Mobile Data Association estimates that 78.9 billion text messages were sent in the UK in 2008; most of these would have been transmitted via an SMS gateway.

For the average mobile phone user, an SMS gateway is of little interest and few people know or understand the reason for their existence.

The British Royal Family, despite the best efforts of the late Princess Diana, remains a bastion of conservative living. However, even they are stepping out to embrace the new communication avenues offered by technological advances.