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| Anonymous |
Hi, I want to develop my own application(.Net) to connect with the various SMS message gateways to send bulk messages (Push and Pull). We have the requirement for sending 5-10K product updates SMS to our customer on mobile. Also we want to cater the request sent by our customer regarding to products updates. What all thing I have to do to connect with the various gateways (such as Orange/Other etc.). Is their any charges, also what all protocols should be used to communicate with various SMS message gateways. Any sort of help will be highy appericiated. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 1919 Registered: 10-2002 |
Well, you could start by reverse engineering our product here at this web site (the Now SMS/MMS Gateway). And then just put a .NET interface on top of it. And yes, if you want to programmatically send out SMS messages, you will be charged for it. (Even with free SMS web sites ... someone is paying for the messages to be sent out, they are just subsidising the costs by making you view advertisements on the web site.) | |||
| Rajesh Gupta New member Username: Raje_gupta Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2004 |
Hi Bryce, Thanks for the reply. If u can tell me in deatil, what actually I have to do. I have following quries : 1] Are their API available with ur product which I can use? 2] How ur product will be helpful for me and actually what does it do? 3] Do I need to buy ur product (if so what r the chrgs.)? 4] What all the services can I expect from ur product and from ur side? 5] As I have informed u that we have 5-10 thousand messages to be sent with in a day. So system performance is our main concern. Will I get the good performance? Regds Rajesh | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2012 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi Rajesh, Apologies for the long delay in getting back to you. 1.) Our API is HTTP based (or you can use SMTP). The following links describe the HTTP interface: http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/sending_messages/sendin g_text_messages.htm http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/sending_messages/url_pa rameters_for_sending_messages.htm 2.) The Now SMS/MMS Gateway is a middleware tool for SMS and MMS, which among other features, can be used to manage connections to one or more service providers (and/or GSM modems); or to manage receiving SMS messages; or to perform message formatting for advanced message types such as WAP push, MMS, etc. 3.) Send an e-mail to nowsms@now.co.uk for pricing details. 4.) We're not a service provider, strictly middleware. 5.) Performance is going to depend on the service(s) that you connect with to actually send messages. SMPP based services generally offer the best performance, but for 5K to 10K messages per day, that is actually not very high volume, but it depends on how timely you want them to be sent out. At the low end, a GSM modem can send at rates of 6 to 10 messages per minute. As you move up to service provider offerings, you start talking more in terms of messages per second instead of messages per minute. | |||
