Category Archives: SMS

Can MOBITEK SMS Gateway Development Kit able to send and receive Chinese or unicode SMS?

Yes, by using MOBITEK SMS API version 7, it can send Chinese/unicode character. However, it cannot support reading Chinese characters at the moment.

For more information, refer to http://www.mobitek.com.my/SMS_Gateway/SMS_API_v7/Manual_Full/sendsmsunicode.html

Alternatively, we recommen MOBITEK SMS Engine — Enterprise Edition. It is not part of the SMS Gateway Development Kit. License fee is payable. For more information, please refer to http://www.mobitek.com.my/SMS_Gateway/SMS_Engine/SMS_Engine-Enterprise_Edition_Guide.pdf

Mobile First Means SMS First

MOBILE FIRST MEANS WHAT? IT MEANS SMS FIRST, OF COURSE. THE ONLY GORILLA IN MOBILE… IS SMS TEXT MESSAGING OF COURSE. 4.5X BIGGER THAN TOTAL GLOBAL SMARTPHONE APPS ‘ECONOMY’ (source: http://communities-dominate.blogs.com)

 

Keypoints:-

  1. There are more mobile phone accounts than humans alive.
  2. SMS text messaging is used by 75% of all mobile phone users on the planet by SAP latest numbers February 2015.
  3. SMS text messaging today in 2015 has more than twice the active user base than total installed base of all smartphones across all OS platforms, whether they use apps or not.
  4. If you are now pursuing a mobile strategy, and are thinking ‘mobile first’ of course you have to go SMS first.

DIGITAL REACH IN 2015 OF ALL HUMANS ALIVE (7.2B PEOPLE)

DEVICE USERS % OF HUMAN POPULATION
iPhone 300 million download iPhone apps 4%
Tablets (any OS) 600 million 8%
Whatsapp 900 million 12%
Facebook on mobile 1200 million 17%
Skype 1200 million 17%
Android 1300 million 18%
Facebook (all tech) 1400 million 19%
PCs (all types) 1500 million 21%
eMail on mobile 2200 million 31%
Mobile internet 2200 million 31%
eMail on any tech 2500 million 35%
Internet on any tech 3000 million 42%
SMS 5400 million 75%

 

 

MOBITEK SMS360 Can Convert E-Mail into Outgoing SMS and to Multiple Recipients

For system integrator who wish to convert e-mail to outgoing SMS, MOBITEK® SMS360 is a converter that simplifies the integration and conversion.

MOBITEK® SMS360 can convert e-mail triggered by SCADA, Network Monitoring System and any type of systems.

MOBITEK® SMS360 can broadcast SMS to multiple recipients by using single e-mail.

For converting 1 e-mail to multiple SMS recipients, you have can do it in 2 ways:-

  1. enter the list of numbers in 1st line of body, comma separated, inside bracket e.g. (013xxxxxxx, 016xxxxxxx)
    or
  2. enter the list of numbers in the setting, comma separated without bracket, refer to screen shot below:-

    • MOBITEK SMS360 E-Mail Edition

      MOBITEK SMS360 E-Mail Edition Converts E-Mail into Outgoing SMS

    • you must UNCHECK these:-
      • “or / and to the number stated in the 1st ….”
      • “or / and to the number sated in subject ….”

More Information

List of MOBITEK Q24 MODEMS

PRODUCT NAME TYPE MODEL CONNECTIVITY SDK
MOBITEK Q24 SMS MODEM SGDK U-657f-A USB SGDK
MOBITEK Q24 SMS MODEM SGDK S-657f-A Serial SGDK
MOBITEK Q24 GSM MODEM E U-657f-A USB No
MOBITEK Q24 GSM MODEM E S-657f-A Serial No
MOBITEK Q24 STK MODEM STK S-657f-A Serial STK API

Note:-

  • SDK = Software Development Kit
  • SGDK = SMS Gateway Development Kit
  • STK API = SIM Tool Kit API