Sorry for a very late response to this. In order to do this, technically, you need to use a SMSC port (SMPP port). The SMS protocol (SS7) on GSM allows a SMS to be masked with a 11 character Alpha-numeric text.
To do this practically, there are various Bulk SMS service providers (web based as well as Desktop based). I currently use a services named smslive (www.smslive.in) Do remember the TEXT comes only on a GSM number since CDMA does not uses the SS7 protocol, hence it does not supports the masking. Further, in order to identiy the sender, TRAI from 1st Feb 2009 have made it mandatory for all telco's to PREFIX a 3 letter. The first letter tells you from which network ( say L for BPL, A for Airtel, V for Vodaphone n henceforth) the SMS have originated from. The 2nd letter tells the city/circle whose SMSC have been used. 3rd is just a hyphen. Hope this clarifies. Rajesh On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 2:01 PM, phani srikanth <[email protected]> wrote: > hi this has been my question from months, thanks for raising this > again. but later i have learnt that the companies who are sending > these messages use an software application to deliver them from P.Cs > and not from mobiles that may be the reason which enables them to set > the name in the from field. > > On 12/27/08, Syed the Gadgeteer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi list > > > > This seems to be a little complex question, yet I've done all in my > > powers to make it a simple one > > > > When I send an SMS to a person (the recipient), how do I make my name > > appear in "from" field instead of my number, even if the recipient does > > not have my contact in his or her mobile? > > If you think that's not possible, then how come the companies like Just > > Dial, HP, HDFC or take Radio Mirchi! for that matter, when they send a > > text message to you, regardless of whether or not you've saved their > > contact details, in "from" field, their name will be displayed. > > Just look at the text message I got from HP: (notice the from field) > > > > from, HP > > Dear Syed Ur Laptop call is been registered with HP.Ur case id2605200013 > > against the ref#NB1125-019.Thank u 4contacting HPLakshmi. > > > > Now when I send a text message to someone, I want my name to appear, not > > my number. How do you think it can be done? > > > > Regards > > Syed Imran > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > > the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > > visit the list home page at > > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
