| Cellular service providers who offer SMS also offer | | | | transmissions could also be monitored. |
| public SMS gateways, which allow you to compose | | | | Public gateways are often referred to as SMSC or |
| and send messages from the service provider's web | | | | SMS centers. The centers typically run a robust |
| site. A number of independently operated message | | | | software application (like advanced versions of those |
| gateways also exist on the Internet. Some gateways | | | | mentioned above) and subscribe to a large database |
| have more features than others. A few let you | | | | that allows for the messages to be routed to the |
| compose messages to more than one recipient, | | | | appropriate carriers using the appropriate settings. |
| create group lists, manage messages, and send | | | | For people in India, SMS gateways are a useful |
| pre-set or customized replies. | | | | means to send messages. The service enables even |
| By using a public gateway you can send a message | | | | those who do not have mobile phones or SMS |
| to a device on another network, and friends or | | | | enabled phones to send and receive SMS messages. |
| business associates without SMS-equipped phones or | | | | Even big organizations like Red Cross, governments |
| pagers can send messages to you. If you don't have | | | | find it a convenient medium to use to send |
| access to your e-mail account, or an SMS-equipped | | | | messages to a large number of people. This way |
| phone, a public gateway (available from any | | | | important messages like natural disaster alerts of |
| computer with Internet access) is a convenient way | | | | tornado, typhoon, hurricane, flood or earthquake can |
| keep in contact. | | | | be sent. The idea is to prevent accidental deaths due |
| Unfortunately, the one drawback to using public | | | | to natural disasters. Romantic guys and girls who |
| gateways is file security. Unlike Web transmissions | | | | desire to wish their loved ones can use the gateway |
| that occur as secure transactions, any third party | | | | in emergencies and send messages through PCs to |
| could monitor the cell phone number and message | | | | their mobile phones. |
| contents when a message is sent through a public | | | | Schools, colleges, professional education institutions, |
| gateway. Messages sent from phone to phone | | | | associations, guilds, federations, societies, groups and |
| through Short Message Service Centers are more | | | | communities are some other classes of society and |
| secure, but the possibility exists that these | | | | community who benefit by using SMS Gateways. |