| Sms Gateway | | | | The SMS gateway offers an easy way for |
| SMS gateway enables software systems, such as | | | | applications to extend their reach to the mobile arena. |
| web sites, or applications, to support SMS messaging, | | | | For example, a news web site could send news |
| i.e. an application can send messages to mobile | | | | updates to the mobile devices of subscribers, or |
| hand-sets automatically. | | | | allow them to participate in news groups. |
| | | | Corporate uses are also varied, as the company can |
| The need for SMS gateway providers arises from | | | | quickly disseminate information to agents in the field, |
| the wide-spread acceptance of SMS as a useful tool | | | | such as letting salesmen know about product |
| for people to receive information services, like | | | | enquiries in real time, rather than update them only |
| weather, news, or any other content. | | | | when they return to their office. |
| With the sophisticated gateway, programmes can | | | | The advent of the information age makes us expect |
| implement such applications as messaging to a large | | | | all form of information anywhere, at any time — |
| group of people, or sub-sets of a customer base, | | | | the SMS gateway is one step on the road to |
| getting messages from users and processing it, and | | | | ubiquitous information. |
| even two-way applications. | | | | |