SMS to cellphones from PC connected to phone line
Hi,
I'm interested in building an application that will dial to a cell phone
and send it a text message. Once it's completed I would like to offer retail
stores a service/product where they can send text advertisements to every
cell phone they have in their database (Similar to email). Is this possible?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of this idea? Any links with information
would be appreciated.
Thanks,
VMHatup
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VMHatup] at [2007-11-9 15:31:38]
# 1 Re: SMS to cellphones from PC connected to phone line
hi
if you need to send sms from mobile to application on desktop use wma package in java
if you need to send sms from application on desktop to mobile use at+commands
by comm package or use jsms package (you can find it on www.objectxp.com)
# 2 Re: SMS to cellphones from PC connected to phone line
Hi VM,
Not only is it possible, but it's already been done, over and over again.
If your marketing skills are good though, you still have a very good chance.
If so...
You'll find that your throughput (i.e. number of msgs you can send within a specified period of time) will be very slow/inefficient when messages are sent through a mobile phone.
And so, realistically, you'd have to connect to an SMS Gateway (who has direct connections into the heart of network operators) and then sell your service but, in fact, be a reseller for them.
Hope that makes sense.
# 3 Re: SMS to cellphones from PC connected to phone line
You can send your messages by SMS. There is a couple of ways to send a SMS. Please feel free to have a look at http://www.gsm-modem.de/connect-to-smsc.html .
Regards
Meff
Meff at 2007-11-12 0:18:04 >
# 4 Re: SMS to cellphones from PC connected to phone line
You can try this easy to use SMS Gateway (http://www.visualtron.com) sender shareware, VisualGSM Lite, that provides HTTP and Commandline interface. It works on any Windows machine (XP/Win2k/98/2000) and comes with an installer.
Link: http://www.sms-gateway-software.com
OTOH, if you want to create your own SMS code directly, you can use PDUSpy to verify your PDU. It's a freeware.
Link: http://www.nobbi.com/pduspy.htm
Rgds,
Joshua
