| SMS messaging server software sends SMS and text | | | | You purchase a number of credits from the SMS |
| messages to: pagers, mobile phones, PIMs, wireless | | | | gateway provider. Sending one SMS message will |
| devices. Messages can be accepted from: networked | | | | cost you one or more credits, depending on the |
| computers, email, web pages (CGI), commandline | | | | country you send the SMS message to. For example, |
| executables, text files, serial ports, modems. | | | | sending an SMS text message to India might cost |
| Messages can be delivered via: the Internet (SNPP, | | | | you one credit while sending an SMS text message |
| WCTP, SMTP), modems (TAP, UCP, GSM, TONE), | | | | to the United States might cost you two credits. |
| direct serial connections (TAP). Advanced features: | | | | SMS-based |
| redundant outbound connections, message rerouting | | | | You purchase a number of SMS messages from the |
| on failure. | | | | SMS gateway provider. The cost for sending one |
| SMS Gateway is a highly efficient middleware system | | | | SMS message is the same for all destinations. For |
| fetching information from transaction systems or | | | | example, if you purchase ten SMS messages, you |
| large databases and sending them in text or binary | | | | can send at most ten SMS messages no matter the |
| form using SMS as a bearer to any GSM or CDMA | | | | destination is India or the United States. |
| cellular network . | | | | SMS API |
| SMS Gateway Providers | | | | SMS APIs which deliver a quick, seamless, turn-key |
| SMS gateway providers can be divided into 2 | | | | approach to developing SMS solutions. With COM, |
| categories in terms of how they require you to pay | | | | dotNET, Java and PHP, our SMS SDK ensures a |
| for their SMS service: | | | | solution is available for nearly any platform or |
| Credit-based | | | | operating system. |