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In some instances having a virtual, dedicated SMS number is required to receive incoming (MO) messages. These cases are mostly important for business/corporate users who want to collect information from their partners, employees or customers. The applications are limitless but some of them include:
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With our service you can collect incoming SMS messages from your customers and have these messages forwarded directly to your application using a common '''HTTP-POST''' protocol. Here a several examples:  
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* Non-premium SMS campaigns - The benefit is that you can be set up in about 3-5 business days at cost 5-10 times lower than having a dedicated premium SMS number
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* Pooling (publish your dedicated number and collect opinion from your customers)
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* Voting
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* Marketing (giveaways, contests. In return you get consent from your customers to send them SMS advertising)
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* VoIP Call origination
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* Medical trials (clinical trials) - ask members of the panel to SMS their results to your dedicated SMS number. Collected information goes straight into your database - for ultimate efficiency.  
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* Customer support
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* Call-back long distance - Publish your virtual SMS number overseas. Your customers then send a number of the person in USA they want to talk to your virtual SMS number. The number of the sender and the number of the other party are then sent to your application and a voice call is established at a low international tariff between these two numbers.  
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* Sales reporting
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Virtual SMS number can be associated with any Enterprise account. Once this is done, all messages received by your number will be forwarded into your Inbox. They can also be, simultaneously, forwarded to an application (HTTP), email account, another mobile phone or any combination of these devices.
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* Instant Messaging
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* Telemetry and many more
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To receive text messages, senders need a number to which they can send them. There are two options for you to receive incoming messages. You can use a
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* Shared short or long code or
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* Dedicated [[VirtualSMS]] or dedicated short code
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Please contact us to discuss which option would work the best in your situation.  
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Incoming SMS messages are first directed into your account (Inbox). From there, these messages can be forwarded to you using email or HTTP-POST. You can also collect them by using standard POP3 protocol. See below links for details on using HTTP-POST:
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* [[MO HTTP]]
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* [[MO HTTPS]]
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Alternatively, you can leave messages on the server and then pick them up occasionally using standard POP3 client or protocol.
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*[[MO POP3 |POP3 ]]
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PLEASE NOTE - YOUR APPLICATION MUST IMPLEMENT HTTP-POST processing NOT HTTP-GET
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Revision as of 15:23, 28 May 2009

With our service you can collect incoming SMS messages from your customers and have these messages forwarded directly to your application using a common HTTP-POST protocol. Here a several examples:

  • Voting
  • VoIP Call origination
  • Customer support
  • Sales reporting
  • Instant Messaging
  • Telemetry and many more

To receive text messages, senders need a number to which they can send them. There are two options for you to receive incoming messages. You can use a

  • Shared short or long code or
  • Dedicated VirtualSMS or dedicated short code

Please contact us to discuss which option would work the best in your situation.

Incoming SMS messages are first directed into your account (Inbox). From there, these messages can be forwarded to you using email or HTTP-POST. You can also collect them by using standard POP3 protocol. See below links for details on using HTTP-POST:

Alternatively, you can leave messages on the server and then pick them up occasionally using standard POP3 client or protocol.

PLEASE NOTE - YOUR APPLICATION MUST IMPLEMENT HTTP-POST processing NOT HTTP-GET

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