What is SMS?
Short Message Service (SMS) is one of the salient features of today’s wireless technology. It has an ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile phones. The text can comprise of words or numbers or an alphanumeric combination. SMS was created as part of the GSM Phase 1 standard. Short message is approximately up to 160 characters in length when Latin alphabets are used and 70 characters in length when non-Latin alphabets such as Arabic and Chinese are used.

SMS Applications

SMS Application Pertaining to Customer
Simple Person to Person Messaging
Voice and FAX mail notifications
Unified Messaging
Internet Mail Alerts
Ring tones
Chat
Information Services

SMS Application pertaining to Corporate
Corporate E-mail Alert
Affinity Programs
Mobile Banking
Electronic Commerce
GPS-Vehicle Positioning
Remote Point of Sale
Remote-Monitoring
For more information, refer to  www.gsmworld.com