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NowSMS Operator MMSC Considerations

The primary considerations for the NowSMS MMSC in an operator environment pertain to user provisioning and user identification. In the standard configuration for the MMSC, it is a requirement that each user be configured with a special MMS Message Server URL. The URL contains the username and password of the user account on the MMSC. In an operator environment, it is not practical to provision...

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Routing MMS Notifications via a WAP Push Proxy Gateway

By default, the NowSMS MMSC expects to be able to send MMS Notification via its built-in WAP Push Proxy Gateway (PPG), which delivers MMS Notifcations using WAP Push over SMS.  For GSM/UMTS/WCDMA environments, NowSMS automatically generates UDH (user data header) in the SMS messages.  For CDMA/CDMA2000 environments, the NowSMS SMPP implementation supports WDP Adaptation so that MMS...

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Faster GSM Modem Speeds with SMS over GPRS

With the v4.11 release of the Now SMS & MMS Gateway, the GSM modem interface has been optimised to support faster message transmission, particularly when used on devices and networks that support SMS over GPRS. With traditional SMS over GSM links, it was only possible to achieve an SMS transmission speed of 6 to 10 messages per minute, depending on network factors. However, with SMS over...

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Using Port 80 on a PC running IIS

As mentioned on the NowSMS documentation, the MMSC works best with operator WAP gateways when it is configured to use HTTP port 80. HTTP Port 80 is the standard port used by web servers. If an IIS web server is running on the same PC as the NowSMS gateway, it is likely that port 80 is already in use by the IIS web server. If you can bind multiple IP addresses to the PC running IIS and the...

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2-Way SMS Returning a Non-Text Response

It is a relatively simple process to define a 2-way command that returns a text response to the message sender. The “2-Way” page of the NowSMS configuration dialog allows you to define commands that are executed when an SMS message is received. The receipt of an inbound SMS message by the gateway can cause an executable command to be executed, or the gateway can connect to an HTTP...

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NowSMS/MMS Accounting Callbacks

Accounting callbacks have been added to the Now SMS & MMS Gateway effective with v4.11 and later. Before the gateway accepts an SMS or MMS message for delivery, the gateway will connect to a configurable customer-provided URL, providing information about the message to be sent, and who is sending the message. The customer provided URL can either tell the gateway to either accept or reject...

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