Using NowSMS with Check Point Connectra
Disclaimer: This information is neither validated nor endorsed by Check Point Software Technologies. It has come to our attention that the Check Point Connectra unified remote access solution has a...
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T-Mobile (USA) 3G WebConnect USB Modem – Not for MMS
Update – February 1, 2011: Problems sending MMS messages with a 3G modem on T-Mobile USA can be resolved by using alternate MMSC settings: GPRS APN: epc.tmobile.com WAP Gateway Address:...
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SMS and MMS with the Alcatel One Touch X200 or X060 USB Modem
The Alcatel One Touch X200 and X060 USB Modems are good (but not great) modems to use with NowSMS to send and receive SMS and MMS messages. For alternative modems, please see our other reviews:...
View ArticleSending SMS from Microsoft Excel
A recent posting on the NowSMS Discussion Board has some interesting information on sending an SMS a link within an Excel spreadsheet. Read the full post here:...
View ArticleUsing NowSMS as a WAP Push Proxy Gateway (PPG)
NowSMS supports the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Push Access Protocol (PAP), which allows other applications to use NowSMS as a WAP Push Proxy Gateway (PPG). Even though NowSMS has its own MMSC...
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SMS and MMS with the Novatel Merlin XU870 ExpressCard Modem
If you are using NowSMS in a laptop with an available ExpressCard slot, the Novatel Wireless Merlin XU870 ExpressCard Modem is a good modem to use with NowSMS to send and receive SMS and MMS messages....
View ArticleBug Sending Long Binary SMS Messages to Java Apps on Motorola Devices
One of the more interesting technical support incidents of the past week comes from Mohit Kumar Sethi at 3i Infotech Consumer Services Ltd. Mohit is using NowSMS Lite to send binary SMS messages to a...
View ArticleNowSMS Group Text Messaging
The NowSMS Group Text feature is designed to facilitate group communications over SMS. At it’s core, it’s about sending a single text message, and having that text message automatically forwarded to a...
View ArticleE-Mail Notification for Updates
An e-mail notification service is available for NowSMS software update information. To receive e-mail notifications for NowSMS software updates, please subscribe using the following Google FeedBurner...
View ArticleXML Status Query for SMSC Connection Status and Statistics
We posted details about an XML-based NowSMS status query in an earlier posting: http://www.nowsms.com/xml-status-query-for-smsc-connection-status-and-statistics This query reports information similar...
View ArticleNowSMS Release – 2010.02.09
This document provides release history information for the current release version of the Now SMS & MMS Gateway, which can be downloaded at http://www.nowsms.com/download-free-trial. This document...
View ArticleMobile Number Portability (MNP) and the NowSMS MMSC
When the NowSMS MMSC is used in environments with mobile number portability (MNP), the MMSC may need to query a database to determine whether a recipient is local to this MMSC or if it belongs to...
View ArticleNowSMS and SSL Certificates – 2048 Bit Key
In the last 6 months, many SSL Certificate Authorities (CAs) have made a switch to requiring web servers to use 2048-bit private keys. It is believed that increased computing power will make the...
View ArticleOperator MMSC Accounting – Detecting Roaming Subscribers
One important consideration when charging for MMS messages is whether or not the user is roaming. The NowSMS MMSC can provide this information to the MMS accounting callbacks, however the requisite...
View ArticleNowSMS Update – Interim Release 2010.05.07
An interim update release of NowSMS is available for download at http://www.nowsms.com/download/nowsmsupdate.zip. The most interesting updated features/capabilities include: Major SMS performance...
View ArticleSMPP Receipt Message ID Tracking Over Multiple Connections
One of the standard capabilities of NowSMS is the automatic mapping of receipt message IDs when routing messages to an upstream SMSC connection. The reasoning/logic is simple. When NowSMS accepts a...
View ArticleNowSMS/MMS API Information
The primary API for sending and receiving SMS and MMS messages with NowSMS is HTTP-based. Because the API is HTTP based, applications that wish to send or receive messages via NowSMS do not have to...
View ArticleSMPP Asynchronous Mode
One of the biggest limitations to SMPP performance is protocol implementations that do not support SMPP asynchronous mode, or to state it more correctly, do not take advantage of the speed boost that...
View ArticleNowSMS Update Release – 2010.11.04
An interim update release of the Now SMS & MMS Gateway is currently available at http://www.nowsms.com/download/nowsms20101104.zip. Use the executable file in this ZIP to update an existing NowSMS...
View ArticleSMPP Information and Resources
SMPP (Short Message Peer-to-Peer) Protocol is an industry standard protocol that is used for exchanging SMS messages between peer entities. In SMPP terminology, two types of entities are defined, a...
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