Why do you need an SMS gateway software?

When you want to take advantage SMS messaging offers, you have two choices: you can use an SMS gateway in your corporate system, or you can implement a connection to an SMS service provider directly. Using an SMS gateway is a better choice. SMS gateways are usually introduced in companies because of the fact that they make it possible to add SMS functionality more efficiently, and they eliminate many possible problems, that can arise while implementing direct SMS service provider integration. With a corporate SMS gateway you achieve service provider independence and you gain other advantages:

1. An SMS gateway software provides faster and easier integration to your IT system, because it provides easy to use interfaces. The most popular interfaces are: SQL to SMS configuration, E-mail to SMS configuration, Text file to SMS, command line to SMS, HTTP to SMS. Application programming interfaces such as JAVA, C#.NET, VB, ASP, PHP, C++, Access, etc are also available.
2. An SMS gateway software makes it possible to use multiple telephone numbers. This is often necessary if different divisions in the company want to use SMS.
3. An SMS gateway software makes it possible to communicate with multiple SMS service providers and wireless networks at the same time. To support this an SMS gateway software proves SMS routing.
4. An SMS gateway software implements very important coding tasks, such as proper character encoding, long SMS support (message segmentation and reassembly). It will make sure your messages will not contain invalid characters on the recipient handset.
5. An SMS gateway software acts as a central point for mobile messaging in a corporate system, and makes it possible to track outgoing and incoming messages and to monitor application activity. This is particularly useful if several applications use mobile messaging in a single company. It is also useful to verify service provider billing.