Worldwide SMS

Worldwide SMS refers to the globalization of SMS technology and SMS messaging. Due to that GSM networks are accessible worldwide, the opportunities and accessibility lying in communication via SMS are no more limited by time, location and borders.

Statistics show that currently there are over 5.6 billion mobile phone subscriptions throughout the world, which equals to over 77 percent of the total world population. This is an overwhelming number, meaning that close to eight out of ten people has access to mobile network. Almost 90% of people worldwide have access to a mobile network. Another stunning number is the SMS messaging estimate for 2011, stating that about 8 trillion SMS messages will be sent this year.

These numbers clearly show that SMS messaging has gone through a revolution in the globalization period, making this form of communication one of the most popular methods of messaging in the world. The boom of technology in recent decades required communication to happen with high-speed and rapidness, which created the need for quick information exchange. This need was addressed by the evolution of Short Message Service (SMS) messaging, and its global impact was made possible by the networks of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), which expanded to encompass the world.

Because of the effort, proposed by GSM, to create a network standard that makes it possible to communicate between network providers, sending SMS messages worldwide does not run into barriers due to the interconnectivity of the service. The SMS messages that are sent are usually personal messages, however more and more marketing strategies integrate the use of SMS marketing, because of the wide area of reach for customers. This method of communication is extremely mobile, therefore it gives the opportunity to advertise regardless of the location of the company or its customers.

Worldwide SMS - the globalized use of SMS messaging - is allowed by the popular spread of mobile phones, which became an integral part of everyday life. As mentioned before, over 5 billion people use mobile phones in the world, and sending personal information, weather forecasts, warnings, news, announcements, business offers, coupons and sales information to take advantage of this opportunity.

The meaning of Worldwide SMS indicates not just the connection and communication between one SMS sender and one recipient but it can also refer to one sender and multiple recipients, as well, no matter where they are or what they are doing.

Worldwide SMS can be sent easily and effectively with the help of an SMS gateway software or via SMS providers. SMS providers offer accounts to sign up and you can use their service for sending SMS messages. Usually there are SMS packages you can choose from. This option is for delivering fewer SMSs since often there is a time limitation within which you need to use your SMS messages. Beside time limitation you can expect some further limitations like coverage or capacity issues.

In case you do not want to rely on a third party service like an SMS provider, you can build your own SMS system. For this purpose you need to implement an SMS gateway software into your IT system. By selecting the right SMS gateway you will be able to send bulk SMS messages and worldwide SMS messages among other SMS services.

To make SMS messages delivered, the SMS gateway needs to be connected to the mobile network. Usually you can connect your SMS gateway to the mobile network either via GSM SMS connection or IP SMS connection.

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Added to these benefits, when you use the right SMS gateway there is the possibility of least cost routing to cut costs of sending SMS messages, which allows the most economical way of SMS transferring. To achieve least cost routing, the SMS messages are routed to the same SMS service provider that owns the same prefix as the number the message came from. This solution is the most effective and purse-friendly for the provider and for the user.

In case of worldwide SMS you also have to consider how you can send Unicode characters. So before you decide on choosing an SMS provider or an SMS gateway, you definitely need to check Unicode character support. A standard message can hold 160 characters. If you want to send a message that contains characters that are not part of the GSM 7-bit character set, such as Chinese, Arabic, Thai, Cyrillic, etc., then the entire text of the SMS that actually goes out over the air needs to be encoded in the Unicode UCS-2 character set. When you use Unicode characters, the SMS can contain 70 characters. Read more ...


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