In one of the article I came to know that RESTCOMM supports Text / SMS enabling the landline and 800 Toll-Free numbers.
Can I seek some help on how do we SMS / Text enable existing landline and 800 Toll-free numbers, so that any customer sent SMS messages to such SMS/Text enabled land line numbers, be routed to a Restcomm Instance hosted App?
To put this into the context, Lets say an existing business in UK has a landline number 0800 123 4567. Now that business wants to Text / SMS enable their land line number so that their customers can send SMS message to that land line numbers and receive a brief response back to guide the customers. For this to happen I think the following is required.s
1) Text / SMS enable the business’s land line number i.e. 0800 123 4567 and inform the appropriate carrier to enable SMS channel for that number and forward / route any Incoming Messages (for that number) to virtual-number#Restcomm_IP:Port.
2) This virtual number should have been configured on Restcomm Instnace and also Restcomm App (for processing incoming messages) is attached to that virtual number. Once the SMS message is routed to this Restcomm Instance IP, that message will be handled by the Restcomm App and process it as per the configured rules and send out a response SMS out to the customer who sent the SMS to land line number.
At high level the above two points are summarize the underneath mechanism and assuming it is correct, my question is about Point (1).
i.e. how can we Text /SMS enable an existing land line number so that the its Telecom operator / carrier can open the SMS channel and route the incoming SMS to Restcomm Instance IP.
Is this some we need to deal directly with the Telecom operator or are there any intermediate service providers to facilitate this SMS / Text enabling. In particular I am asking this question from UK but happy to know how it works in other countries toop ls.
Request for your responses and thanks in advance
Ias M
Landline texting allows you to send or receive text messages over your landline telephone number from a web portal. I have used a web service Text Aspect which facilitates landline texting for my business.When a customer contact my business on my existing landline number, that message get shown on my webportal. I can also reply to that message from my web portal and the user will receive it through my landline number.
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We are looking into Twilio for an SMS campaign where we will be sending an SMS to the customer and according to customer's reply to SMS either 1,2,3 we will update customer data. It looks like we can do this using Twilio REST API using a UK number for example but all our customers are in UAE. We couldn't buy a UAE local number. All we can do is send receive to Dubai customers from UK number. Since it is an international SMS it may lead to customer confusion.
So is it possible to send and receive SMS in Dubai from a local Dubai number (+971 prefix) ?
Thanks and regards
Looking at available numbers, it looks like there are no mobile numbers in the UAE, a requirement for 2-way SMS. You will need to find an alternate channel to perform the survey, for example email. WhatsApp may be an option, depending on how popular it is in that country.
I need to do some actions with sip phone from desktop application. The sip service provide api to handle events and send commands to manage calls. To control calls from specific phone device I need to know internal number.
The question is about how to automatically get the internal number attached to users sip device?
Users can change locations and when they logging in I need to detect internal phone number of device that used at this moment.
I am in a project, from where I am facing a problem, because the user wants to sent a short message to his clients smart phone about their UserID and Password by using internet.
If you want to send email then its easily available but for text messages you have to get an API for sms sending. In many countries sms sending api's are available for free. A paid service is telephoney.
Assuming these phones are connected to a wireless provider, many phones can receive texts through email.
Here is AT&T's page on how to send these messages [Link]
There is also the issue of security though. I have no clue whether or not this would be a safe way to transmit someones ID and Password information.
My client requires an sms to be sent to him, whenever an invoice is made on his system by any of the employees. I have no idea how to configure it. Do I need to buy any sms-server service?
How to integrate into my application?
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
I am not sure what country you are in. But in the UK i use this provider.
They have excellent examples
I can send SMS from my webserver, my Windows .NET Form application, a iPhone app if i wanted to. This is possible because it uses a simple HTTP Request API, so even using JavaScript AJAX from the client will work.
Just search for SMS Gateway and find your countries advisability. Look at a few and decide which one suits your needs and also the costs involved.
My Provider charger per sms.. no signup fees, no contracts, just top up.
Using a mobile phone is more involved, but obviosly it has the benefit that you control every aspect of sending, receiving and processing data.
for example 1, 2, 3
You can even buy a module from china just designed to interface via Serial to send/recieve SMS, and even use the GPRS to get/send HTTP request.
There is two option
1) have to buy service from provider or
2) you have to connect your mobile with pc and send msg using AT command
A lot of carriers will allow SMS via e-mail. This may be a better option for you.
Here is a list of the e-mail address formats for a number of carriers.
I'm trying to develop an application in oracle apex that would send SMS to a mobile phone and I don't seem to know how to go about it.
I've read articles on other programming languages but don't know how to implement using apex.
I need instructions to guide me, willing to do any assignments I'd be given.
Why can't you just send them as email?
You can send email to SMS gateways and it will be received as a text message. You will need to know the address used by your recipient's carrier, but there are various sources listing each carrier's address and message format, such as this.
For example, to send to a number typically expressed in the USA as 987-555-0100, you would email 9875550100#SMS-gateway.