| There was a time when mobile phones were | | | | working a lot easier. There are several companies |
| restricted to making phone calls. Cut to 2010, when | | | | utilizing this service on larger levels to facilitate better |
| mobile phones have shunned the humble image to | | | | working. |
| take on the avatar of being a necessity rather than | | | | Skype |
| a comfort. There are a host of softwares and | | | | Any person who has an account on Skype can make |
| features in a mobile which have made it an | | | | use of the SMS Gateway service being offered by |
| inseparable part of lives on an individual level as well | | | | the corporate networking company. Skype SMS can |
| as an industrial level. The fact that every household | | | | be sent to a large number of mobile phones or ever |
| has at least one mobile phone on an average has | | | | landline phones. The cost of these SMS is debited |
| spurred the marketing and advertising industry for | | | | from the personal SkypeOut account of the person |
| this gadget and has brought a revolution of sorts to | | | | logged in. The Skype client also receives a receipt |
| it. The greatest and the most potent way of mobile | | | | which confirms that the SMS has been sent. |
| marketing and advertising that has emerged over the | | | | E-Mail |
| years is bulk SMS. | | | | It is a non-commercial service. So far this is only |
| Bulk SMS service is not only extremely happy on the | | | | allowed on GSM mobile phones. Any person owning a |
| pocket but is also a very effective means of keeping | | | | GSM mobile phone can easily send e-mail using the |
| in touch. Unlike most of the advertising mediums | | | | SMS service. |
| which mostly fade away from the minds of the | | | | Microsoft Outlook |
| audience, an SMS has a better recall value, either you | | | | Microsoft Outlook 2007 allows the users to send SMS |
| like an SMS or you don't like it, you can never ignore | | | | anywhere in the world through the Outlook Mobile |
| it. Also, the propensity of an SMS not being read | | | | Service. The Microsoft Outlook Plug-ins are also an |
| even once is nearly impossible. Bulk SMS providers | | | | add-on to the functionality. |
| usually create separate e-mail ids for easier | | | | SMS Poll Software |
| processing. They also create web accounts with | | | | There is yet another feature which has taken mobile |
| more than a million numbers. Automated message | | | | activities to a whole new level- SMS Poll. It is a highly |
| scheduling also facilitates Bulk SMS Service. | | | | interactive feature which has a user friendly interface. |
| SMS Gateway | | | | It simply allows you to create various types of |
| Another main feature which is closely linked with Bulk | | | | surveys, polls, voting for favorite song or movie etc. |
| SMS is SMS Gateway. It is a service through which | | | | There are a number of SMS Poll Software available in |
| one message can be sent from a type of medium to | | | | the market which empower the user with facility that |
| mobile phone medium and vice versa. It transforms a | | | | has brought a mobile user from the receiving end to |
| message or for that matter an E-Mail into mobile | | | | the giving end. The SMS Polling Software has also |
| message without the use of a mobile phone. SMS | | | | served the marketing and advertising industries in |
| Gateway has opened several ways to send bulk SMS | | | | more ways than one. |
| to a range of recipients which has made corporate | | | | |