Comments on: SMS and SMS Aggregators – Playing catch up

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:59:35 +0000

How do you compare with http://www.redoxygen.com ? Do you cover all carriers in the US.

By: One Year & 100 Posts Later

One Year & 100 Posts Later — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:47:52 +0000

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By: prashanth123

prashanth123 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:07:40 +0000

Yes, i would like to use your interface, but also i also would want to know the pricing options of sending sms…

By: CEO

CEO — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:55:43 +0000

Prashant, the answer is that if you want to send SMS messages quickly and reliably you should be doing a direct carrier connection and sending messages via SMPP. Check out my article on SMTP vs SMPP: http://www.mobilestorm.com/digital-marketing-blog/smtp-vs-smpp/

SMPP is the best for speeds, reliability and reporting. No matter what you are going to have to use an aggregator. Any aggregator would provide this carrier query service. You might want to look into using our APIs, we offer really good pricing.

We have a service called the carrier query service. We tap into the largest number portability database in the U.S. We can figure out the carrier on the fly if you are using our API. Is this something you would be interested in?

By: prashanth123

prashanth123 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:07:48 +0000

Dear Jared,

Seems like you have a ton of information. I would really like to plead you to help me with this. My problem is, currently i am sending the message using smtp, by finding out who the carrier is! given a phone number by some third party source. But as they say, i dont want to rely on the third party thing because what if it could break down sometime. I want to set up my own sms gateway and all the other essentials making me self reliant on whatever i need to make sms possible. My main question is ” HOW WOULD I KNOW WHAT CARRIER A PARTICULAR PHONE NUMBER IS GIVEN THE PHONE NUMBER” . I also know that the sms gateway also figures out what carrier the particular phone number is! . And that is exactly whats breaking my head. Can you please tell me how can i figure that out. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee…. I am eagerly waiting for your reply.

Thanking you,

By: CEO

CEO — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:52:22 +0000

Arturchik, we now have a two-way API so you can use us as an aggregator. Email sales@mobilestorm.com and tell us what you want to do. I will make sure you get a good deal.

By: arturchik

arturchik — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:03:32 +0000

Hello,
can someone suggest where I can find a list or ranking of reputable SMS aggregators?

Thanx

By: durbin

durbin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:44:50 +0000

Jared, I am looking for an aggregator that has a 2 way sms api. any recommendations would be much appreciated. I know clickatell has one but its ridiciously expensive. Cheers!

By: Eric Peterson

Eric Peterson — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:41:02 +0000

Not sure if this thread is still active, but Jared if you have account manager names for either of the two aggregators you mentioned, I’d be quite grateful. We are a small startup that is using SMS push to launch our mobile application at timed intervals.

By: CEO

CEO — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:59:30 +0000

Valerie, based upon what you said, I think it would probably work better if you used mobileStorm to deliver your text messages than to use an aggregator. Would you like me to have a mobile marketing expert call you?