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Short Message Service:
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The Short Message Service (SMS) is the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile telephones. The text can comprise of words or numbers or an alphanumeric combination.It has limited length of 160 characters.To receive this short message we need GSM(Global System for Mobiles) mobile telephones.Some of it's application are:
SIMPLE PERSON TO PERSON MESSAGING:
When the information to be communicated is short or it would take too long to have a full conversation or someone is traveling overseas or not available to take a voice call, SMS is an ideal messaging medium. For example, network operators typically charge the same to send a short message to someone in the same room as they do to someone traveling overseas with their mobile phone.
UNIFIED MESSAGING:
Unified messaging involves providing a single interface for people to access the various different kinds of messaging they use. Be the messages fax, voice mail, short messages, email or so on, they can be conveniently accessed from a single point in the most actionable form.
INTERNET EMAIL ALERTS:
Upon receiving a new email in their mailbox, most Internet email users do not get notified of this fact. They have to dial in speculatively and periodically to check their mailbox contents. However, by linking Internet email with SMS, users can be notified whenever a new email is received.
INFORMATION SERVICES:
The Short Message Service can be used to deliver a wide range of information to mobile phone users from share prices, sports scores, weather, flight information, news headlines, lottery results, jokes to horoscopes. Essentially, any information that fits into a short message can be delivered by SMS.
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE:
Transferring money between accounts and paying for purchases are electronic commerce applications.The convenience of paying for purchases using SMS must be weighed against the related issues of security, integration with the retail and banking hardware and systems, and money transfer issues
VEHICLE POSITIONING:
This application integrates satellite positioning systems that tell people where they are with SMS which lets people tell others where they are. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a free-to-use global network of 24 satellites run by the US Department of Defense. Anyone with a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver can receive their satellite position and thereby find out where they are.
REMOTE MONITORING:
The Short Message Service can be used to manage machines in a remote monitoring environment. This application provides people with valuable information from a remote location when an important event occurs that they need to know about. The information is automatically delivered electronically without having to constantly employ physical resources locally on the off chance that such an event occurs. Examples of remote monitoring applications include remote meter reading, sending computer system fault information to mobile phones and notifying companies about empty vending machines.
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