You would need to open an account or if you want to provide the service yourself you can create your own SMS Gateway and use SNPP along with the TAP Protocol to send the Messages. I have been doing this for the past 5 years for approx 2500 enabled SMS Devices. I am providing the Web Service that I have created for my application available to anyone who would like to try it.
Mehdi, Agha wrote: > Teddy, > > Do I need to open an account with an SMSC to be able to send SMS > messages? If I do then can you recommend any centers? > > Thanks > > Agha Mehdi > IDT - eBusiness Program Manager > > -----Original Message----- > From: Teddy Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 2:11 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: SMS application > > Agha, > You need to consider if the carrier supports the SMS messages being sent > out. I know that Google had issues with users requesting access to > Gmail > because not all cell phone carriers could receive the promotion code > through > the SMS that was being broadcasted. > > The last time that I sent messages to cell phones, the environment was > mostly T-Mobile. We had issues with SMS messages for some reason until > we > found out that T-Mobile creates an email type transfer service. You > could > send an email to something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it would > transfer the message through SMS to the cell phone. > > Teddy > > On 11/17/06, Mehdi, Agha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> All, >> >> I am working on building an application that requires sending out SMS >> messages. The system will not receive any message instead it will only >> be used for outbound SMS messages. I did play with the include SMS >> gateway and it works for receiving and sending using the client >> simulator. I am using the same CFC to send outgoing messages to real >> phone number from the application using SendGatewayMessage but it's >> > not > >> working. Also, when I put this application in production, I won't be >> able to use the SMS Test Server, right? So, what would I need to make >> > it > >> happen? >> >> Thanks >> >> Agha Mehdi >> IDT - eBusiness Program Manager >> Work: 408.284.8239 >> Cell : 510.493.0491 >> Fax : 408.284.2766 >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261034 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
