Wednesday, October 10, 2007

SMTP gateways for SMS messages

Free gateways exist for SMS message delivery. These are subject to spam filters, and can get busy. Check the terms and conditions of each carrier for conditions of use. These gateways are SMTP (email) servers that convert messages into text messages (SMS).

AT&T : Your cell phone number@mmode.com e.g. 4443332222@mmode.com
Cingular : Your cell phone number@mobile.mycingular.com
Nextel : Your cell phone number@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS : Your cell phone number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile : Your cell phone number@tmomail.net
Verizon Wireless : Your cell phone number@vtext.com

If service delivery matters to you, you might want to consider SMPP services. These cost money (cents per message), but come with SLA's, priority routing, audit trail and ISO27001 certification for information security. Visit www.2sms.com for more details.

We will post a more complete analysis of SMTP / SMPP services shortly.

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