SMS Gateways Mobilise Application Developers

South Africa mobile application developers should take advantage of SMS Gateways when looking to SMS-enable their clients’ sites, systems or applications. SMS Gateways allow the transmission and receipt of SMS messages from a variety of applications and programmes; the application programming interfaces (API’s) that connect to SMS Gateways ‘translate’ messages into SMS format for transmission by the gateway. By eliminating the need to write applications in several programming languages, SMS Gateways offer developers several major advantages. SMS Gateways further overcome proprietary software and programming language differences – the result is time and money saved for the developer.

There are a variety of connection options to SMS Gateways; developers simply need choose the API that best suits their product and client. The simple and flexible API connections work for all kinds of front-end and legacy systems and connections are managed through a user-friendly, web-based interface that allows reporting, online payments, invoice receipting and more.

If you need a simple, yet versatile, web-based connection for SMS applications, a HTTP/S API is an industry favourite as it overcomes common firewall challenges and is easy to use. Simply submit a POST or GET to the API server and messages are sent immediately through SMS Gateways.

For those already working with email legacy servers and systems, it is easy to connect to SMS Gateways through SMTP API’s. This ‘simple mail transfer protocol’ application converts email messages into SMS messages that are then transmitted through the SMS Gateways to the cellphones of message recipients. To enable once-off bulk SMS messaging, the FTP upload facility allows customers to upload to an FTP site and files are automatically dispatched to bulk SMS message recipients through SMS Gateways. For developers working in XML, there are XML interfaces with their own sets of DTD’s.

If you are looking for a robust connection suitable for sending large volumes of traffic through SMS Gateways, a SMPP connection is the best, particularly if the customer already has SMPP software in place. Windows-based developers need to look at COM Object API’s with their rich set of methods and definitions, which make it easy for users to integrate SMS sending into their programmes or ASP pages.

Mobile application developers also need to take into account the benefits that SMS Gateways will afford their clients. SMS Gateways are network independent, giving clients the opportunity to choose a mobile network operator according to the desired message routing profile and budgetary allocations. SMS Gateways offer extensive local and global reach, affording clients a high ‘reach’, and the API’s are user-friendly once implemented. There is also normally no cost to connect to SMS Gateways as clients only pay per SMS message sent.

Investigate the options offered by SMS Gateways today.

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