SMS misery

Review coming soon

2009-09-15T09:34:00.001-07:00

Meanwhile you can check the API documentation for all of them.

Website: http://www.fissionsms.com
API : http://www.fissionsms.com/fission_files/downloads/FissionSMS_HTTP_API.pdf

Website: http://www.smsdimensions.com
API : http://www.smsd360i.com/HTTPSpecificationV1.0.pdf

Website: http://www.clickSMS.info
API : http://www.clicksms.info/pdf/ClickSMS_http_2.2.6.pdf

Really long sms, even unicode

2009-05-04T23:10:00.000-07:00

Ususally the long sms or long unicode two opposite thing. Some provider support unicode sms, some support long sms but only one both.

www.messagingbay.com support long unicode sms, looks like the only one so far.

Delivery report also available on callback URL, so you can trace what happened with your message.

Prices

2009-04-29T01:35:00.000-07:00

Here is a sample price list from different providers:
(mobile terminated sms, for Hungary)

clickatell.com MT 0.0350 EUR/sms
infobip.com MT 0.0360 EUR/sms
messagingbay.com MT 0.0400 EUR/sms
hqsms.com MT 0.0460 EUR/sms
tm4b.com MT 0.0583 EUR/sms
smsbts.com MT 0.0625 EUR/sms
my-cool-smsm.com MT 0.0690 EUR/sms
bulksms.co.uk MT 0.0860 EUR/sms
smsxchange.com MT 0.0866 EUR/sms
textmagic.com MT 0.1000 EUR/sms
truesenses.com MT 0.1066 EUR/sms
txtlocal.co.uk MT 0.1400 EUR/sms

Security check

2009-04-28T01:58:00.001-07:00

Some company required to send by fax or e-mail one or more of the following items:

-Copy of the credit card (front,back)
-Name and address of the credit card holder
-Copy of your personal Identity Card or passport
-Your signature
-photo ID
-proof of postal address
-recent bill

(actually two UK and and one Swiss company following this policy, their names not mentioned on this page at all)

Well, I strongly suggest to not give out such a personal details since as I assume these information more than enough to create an Offshore company somewhere on a remote island (e.g. tax heaven)

This not means your personal data surely going into wrong hands but be carefull.

Today several methods exist to verify the creditcard ownership:

-random charge on your card in range 0.01...1.00 USD or EUR, then you'll review your online banking record (e.g. internetbank or just check your security SMS from your bank) and find the value of pending charge and you can enter on a particular page where this method used

-random merchant ID with fix pending change 1 USD/EUR, same process as above

This solution provide enough security for card processing companies, since such a details above only available for the true card/accout owner, so no need to worry about stolen cards.

API integration

2009-04-10T10:31:00.000-07:00

So here we are...ready to choose the desired company for our sms needs but sometimes
facing problems about the integration in previously working script or website.

As long as not want to do some fancy application usually the on site help enough.
But this not always true for every company...sometimes pretty difficult to find out
every details.

So here is the deal, I try to show evey typical problem and it's solutions.
Script examples and solutions especially for unicode problem coming soon.

As long as updating the blog, don't hesitate to ask, I may try to answer or show my similar solutions.

How to choose sms getaway...

2009-04-03T00:58:00.000-07:00

Read this excelent article about the topic here:
http://www.developershome.com/sms/howToChooseSMSGateway.asp

API collection

2009-04-02T01:57:00.000-07:00

Why I like clickatell.com?

2009-04-02T01:07:00.003-07:00

Coming soon...

Why I like tm4b.com?

2009-04-02T01:07:00.001-07:00

Coming soon...

Why I like bulksmsm.co.uk?

2009-04-02T01:06:00.001-07:00

Coming soon...

Why I like my-cool-sms.com?

2009-04-02T00:52:00.000-07:00

Pretty new company with lot of features with 3 different level of service:
-free
-standard
-premium

Here is the feature list:
-Sender ID
-Unicode SMS Text Messages
-Real Time Delivery Reports
-Long SMS Text Messages (765 Characters)
-Address Book - Send SMS with just 2 clicks!
-Web 2.0 API

The web interface far from perfect since very simple, however the Web 2.0 API allow all of the features easily. Very friendly and responsive support helps to solve any problem.

Actually I prefer more sophisticated web GUI.

Why I like txtlocal.co.uk ?

2009-04-01T06:58:00.000-07:00

Why I like txtlocal.co.uk?

All the featured below changeable,you can add/change/delete online:

-default sender name/numeric or alphanumeric
-several custom low balance notifycation limit
-e-mail aliases for e-mail to sms, wildcard or specific addresses
-WAP PUSH messaging on/off
-outbound SMS delivery receipts (call back URL)
-free UK long/short number with one keyword
-one autoresponder on/off (160 chars)
-one autoresponder with custom senderID
-forward all received to e-mail(s)
-send all received SMS messages to URL
-send all received SMS messages to mobile phone
-remote message sending, bounce a text message from any mobile handset to one of the contact group
-costum contact groups

Why we like or not like Unicode?

2009-04-01T05:47:00.000-07:00

There are about 6900 known languages worldwide, however the situation not so bad.

Here is a list of currently availabe Unicode code charts.

The standard GSM alphabet is not enough and limited, so Unicode is the solution for every problem.

From my favorite companies only one not support unicode sms sending, why still like them very much? (read the next post about txtlocal.co.uk

The evolution started...

2009-04-01T05:03:00.000-07:00

First of all not so easy to find the right solution and the right company.
Since I'd like to send sms with special accent characters like íéűáúőóü and ÍÉŰÁÚÖÓÜ (I just hope you'll see on screen).

The most important advantage of smsxchange.com the native support of these special characters. The websms from their homepage or from any other server with 2 simple file (1 html + 1 php file) enough to send those special chars.

You can send standard GSM alphabet messages via E-mail to SMS too.

Several methods supported:

Method I: Sending SMS to Single User
Method II: Sending Same Message to Multiple Users
Method III: Sending Same Message to Multiple Users

Some other nice function also available but the list advantage pretty short for me.

Why?

Several times try to reach the support but no answer at all.

They running very good service, several gateway exist for more reliable delivery.

You can send so many msg type: Unicode,Blinking,Flash,Group Graphics,Picture Messages,Logos,Ringtones,Screensavers,Animated Screensavers,Profile Download,Nokia Business Card,Nokia Calender Events,Wap OTA

and here is the not too recent list of compatibility:
Compatibility list

Worldwide coverage:
Coverage and prices

Technical documentation also available on site with example scripts:
Technical documentations

All the goods...

2009-04-01T01:29:00.000-07:00

I'd like to introduce several companies. I using all of them some way. This may helps for you too to find the best for your needs.

Here the list of my favorites:

bulksms.co.uk
tm4b.com
txtlocal.co.uk
clickatell.com
my-cool-sms.com
smsxchange.com

Welcome to SMS misery!

2009-04-01T01:07:00.001-07:00

Hi,

the main purpose of this blog, to share all of my experiences about sms sending via HTTP API, SMTP API, FTP API. I'm not a professonal php programmer, but I like collect all of the relevant informations to help for everybody.

Your comments, experiences, tips&tricks greatly appreciated too.

This page not sponsored by any company. All mentioned service or application for your pleasure only.

Cheers
George