[dba-VB] Low Cost Worldwide SMS providers

Shamil Salakhetdinov shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru
Mon Jul 19 06:46:32 CDT 2010


Thank you, Doug,

Cellular modems can't be used there - just plain simple mobile phones to
send a short SMS message once a day...

-- Shamil

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Murphy
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 4:50 AM
To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.'
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Low Cost Worldwide SMS providers

Hello Shamil,

It costs nothing to send through the web interface portal numbers. Each
provider has a portal. You can not recieve with this method though. If you
want to send and recieve possibly the best thing would be a cellular modem
and a cheap cell plan for it.  

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
Salakhetdinov
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 12:31 AM
To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.'
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Low Cost Worldwide SMS providers

Hello Doug,

Thank you for your information. But to send SMS messages "through each
providers sms interface" you have to pay for that "sms interface" web access
or it is free there? Or I'm missing the way you use it there?

First of all I have to find a way how to *receive* SMS messages from "field
force automation" users/employees who will work worldwide, and who will have
only SMS messaging option using their mobile phones, no GPRS, no 3rd or
4th-generation web access from their mobile phones - "stone age" you know :)

And that sending SMS messages' costs should be as low as possible optimally
equal to the costs of sending SMS message locally in each country. As the
messages should be sent every day then I'd expect there should be
satisfactory low cost (batch) option available from providers as
http://www.clickatell.com/products/two_way.php ...

Thank you.

-- Shamil

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Murphy
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:20 PM
To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.'
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Low Cost Worldwide SMS providers

Hello Shamil,

I looked at providers for a messeging application for an organization we
work with. They all charged on a per message basis and we are low/no budget
so that wasn't feasible. What I did was to create our messaging database
with each persons provider. That way the messages could be sent through each
providers sms interface, e.g. AT&T is @txt.att.net. I then use that and the
users number to send the messages as I would sending an email from access. I
found a web site that had all the providers portal addresses, but for some
reason didn't capture the url or can't find where I stored it. My brain does
not have a very good search function and what is there only degrades with
time.

CellProviderID	Provider	ProviderTextPortal
1	T-Mobile	@tmomail.net
2	Virgin Mobile	@vmobl.com
3	Cingular	@cingularme.com
4	Sprint	@messaging.sprintpcs.com
5	Verizon	@vtext.com
6	Nextel	@messaging.nextel.com
7	US Cellular	@email.uscc.net
8	SunCom	@tms.suncom.com
9	Powertel	@ptel.net
10	AT&T	@txt.att.net
11	Alltel	@message.alltel
12	PCS	@MyMetroPcs.com

Hope this helps to some extent. This may not be a satisfactory solution for
a business application.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
Salakhetdinov
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 3:20 AM
To: 'Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.'
Subject: [dba-VB] Low Cost Worldwide SMS providers

Hi All --

I'm looking for a low cost worldwide two-way SMS provider to be integrated
in my customer's application:

Google search:
http://www.google.ru/search?hl=ru&source=hp&q=low+cost+worldwide+SMS+provide
rs&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= 


has returned the following links:

1. http://www.clickatell.com/products/two_way.php
2. http://www.ficall.com/english/#/ficall/about
3. http://www.animatele.com/index.html 


The first one - Clickatell - seems to be a good option. Do you have any
experience in working with Clickatell? Do you know and successfully used any
other low cost worldwide SMS providers in your applications?


Thank you.

-- Shamil

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