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Today's
cutting-edge Mobile and Cellular Technology has
changed the way we live and work. If you want to
market or promote something to mobile users, manage
mobile communications to members of a group or
organization, or get cell phone users to access
your mobile application or service — then,
a shortcode will help you for sure.
Short codes,
are special telephone numbers, significantly shorter
than full telephone numbers, which can also be
used to address SMS messages from mobile phones.
Shortcodes are usually 5 digits (e.g. 56767) long,
but can be customised to 7 (e.g. 5676771) depending
on the clients requirement. They are designed to
be shorter to read out and easier to remember than
normal telephone numbers. Short codes are widely
used for value-added services such as television
voting, ordering ringtones, charity donations and
mobile services. Messages sent to short code numbers
are generally billed at a higher rate than a standard
SMS.
Advantages
of Short Code Service:
- Easy reach and remembrance:
- Hassle-free Always-Up SMS Service:
- Wider and known Brand Equity
Types
of Short Code:
There are two kinds of short codes, shared and dedicated. Dedicated short codes
are dedicated for one customer
| Shared
(56767) |
Dedicated
(56767xx) |
| Shared ShortCode
is used by many Brands |
Dedicated
Shortcode becomes unique Identity of Brand |
| The
customer has to type Brand Name & then
the service(Ex: ICICIBANK IBAL to 6767) |
More user
friendly as Customers need to only type the
service without Brand name(Ex: IBAL to 676766
for balance enquiry of ICICI Bank) |
| Cost increases
with every keyword |
Unlimited
keywords can be configured |
| Keyword
availability may be restricted in case some
other Brand is already used same keyword. |
Keyword
availability is not restricted |
Message
should always begin with Keyword; incase of
mistake in typing the message will not be captured.
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Any message
can be captured even if not prefixed with Keyword(Ex:
I need to know where can i drop cheque in city
name XXXX) |
Features
for Dedicated & Shared Shortcodes
- Auto Welcome
Message (FREE)
- Web Based
Control Panel
- Customised
Welcome Message
- Unlimited
Sub Keywords
- Real Time
Web Based Reporting
- Email Forwarding
- SMS Forwarding
(1 SMS credit will be charged)
Other
Features of Short Code Service
Typical
Application Industries: Content Providers, Educational
Institutions, Businesses/ Industries/ Consumer Goods
Companies, Co-operative Banks, Credit Societies,
Government Organisations etc
- Content Providers
- SMS, Jokes, Quotes, Stock Market Tips, Commodity
Tips, Tea Market Reports, Jewelers, Portal Websites
- Educational
Institutions - Exam Results Announcement, Quiz
Contests, Entry Forms
- Businesses/
Industries/ Consumer Goods Companies - Lead Generation,
Dealership Enquiries, Product Support, Product
Promotion, Online Distribution Channel Ordering,
Account Statements (Balance, last 5 transactions),
Product Information etc.
SMS
Service Response Mechanism:
The SMS Short Code and Long Code Service avails Auto Response, URL Posting
Options added with SMS Alert, E-mail alerts. Auto Response: Depending on nature
of Service and ConteSnowebs being offered, you could set Auto Response - SMS
Message that should be sent back to User sending Message on requested Service,
Post
to Web URL (URL FORWARDING):
The Post to Web URL is one of most Powerful and easy to configure facility.
Using this facilty, you could Configure a Website URL where the sent message
should be posted. Whenever a User sends SMS to the requested Service, the message
gets posted to configured URL with 'MSG' as sent message field and 'MSISDN'
as Message Sender Mobile Phone Number along with additionaly configurable Optional
fields like SHORTCODE, Operator, Area Code, Service Code etc.. Thus we could
easily integrate our website data to this Messaging using any of our Web Scripting/
Programming languages like ASP.NET, ASP, PHP, JSP etc.
SMS
Alert, E-mail Alert:
You can also configure SMS Alert with predefined message(s) and/ or E-mail
alert to receive Sender Number whenever someone is sending messages to your
Service. This enables you to speed up your communication.
Caller
History:
You could view all SMS Messages, sender information along with date, time coming
to your Service through our Web-based Login system. Thus you could take feedbacks,
get in touch with senders based on type of service.
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