I use the twilio api to send/receive sms messages and http requests, given a free account, a paid twilio number, and paying something like 0.075 cents per message.
I'm wondering: what kind of technology is twilio built on?
At minimum I'm curious:
1. How are they registering their phone numbers?
2. How do they convert between the sms protocol and the http protocol
3. Where can I read more about this?
Thanks 😄
Twilio uses Amazon Web Services to host telephony infrastructure and provide connectivity between HTTP and the public switched telephone network (PSTN) through its APIs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilio#Technology
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I have configured a twilio number. Now I want to send an SMS from rest API to this twilio number. An incoming message to a twilio number. I am very new to twilio. So any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Twilio developer evangelist here.
When you have a Twilio number you can send messages from the Twilio number using the REST API. You would normally receive messages sent to the Twilio number from users using their messaging app on their mobile device.
To understand further I recommend you follow some Twilio tutorials:
Here is a quickstart guide for sending and receiving SMS with Twilio
A guide on sending SMS messages with Twilio
The API's Message resource reference
An overview of TwiML and receiving messages sent to your Twilio number
Hopefully they get you started on a path to understanding.
Please help me and suggest me some sms gateways that provide two way sms in Nigeria.
I have created a web application. I need to send and receive sms through this application and maintain a log about the same in my db.
Thanks
You can use Twilio as SMS Gateway.
URL: https://www.twilio.com/sms, https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing/ng
I am using Tigase server for my application.I want to Integrate my server(Tigase) with SMS gateway. Is there any support available in Tigase.
Thanks
There is no SMS gateway out of the box, but it is very easy to implement one. Just create a Tigase component which intercepts messages and forwards them as SMS. Some of our customers have implemented SMS, iPhone, Android, BB gateways already.
I want to configure sms gateway. my scenario is as:
We have a list of enrolled students. Each one is assigned a tutor. They have to get information about their tutor such as tutor name and contact etc.
I want that they send a formatted sms to the server and server provides the requested information to them via sms.
Please tell me what things, I will need?
Infrastructure?
any demo server available to test my application?
I will be implementing it in PHP
Thanks
Have you seen Twilio's REST API for SMS already? https://www.twilio.com/sms/api. That will save you lots of time configuring own GSM modem firmware and maintaining own SMS transactions. With 3rd party SMS service provider you can just focus on your client app such as sending back tutor's profile to the provider and the provider will carry your message push it back to the student's mobile number.
Of course the old way is that everything (data and GSM software) sits within our own network. I used to have HTC's GSM model like 7 years ago) with my J2ME apps for Nokia, HTC and Motorola smartphones. But nowadays, you have lots or cheaper and better options. Even Android phones can be used as bare bones GSM modem already :D
Enjoy!
Before you go on implementing something by yourself, I suggest that you check services that already do it well. Maybe you can just use them? One such easy-to-use service is Twilio.
I am curious about SMS aggregators and I would like to get info about build one but I have no point to start getting info. Do you know?
Necessary hardware/Software
Good SMSCs to start the bussiness
Most price-competitive SMSCs
Minimum SMS volume to start
Any contact/company
To build your own you could probably start by registering to become a PRSP and content provider. Then you could get a short code from a Mobile Service Provider. Connect to the Mobile Service Provider using SMPP Protocol.
The Mobile Service Provider should give you cridentials: username passwords etc to connect to them.
You could then use Kannel: Open Source WAP and SMS gateway to configure a value added service gateway that you could use to provider sms aggregation services amongst other services such as football updates etc.
You could also host more than one service(client) on the same shortcode/vas gateway.