Clickatell AU Blog

Will your business be using the SMS gateway to communicate with consumers as Australia moves out of the recession? It might just be the best thing you can do.

Using SMPP to send out bulk SMS messages not only helps you reach a great number of people in a very short time but could also, when applied correctly, have a potentially positive effect on the national economy…

South Australia, the latest state to employ an emergency warning system to notify residents about bush fires-a system capable of sending out 300 SMS’s per second!

Using the latest technology to connect to the SMS gateway is all good but it’s not something every business can afford. There’s a solution that will get you sending or receiving…

Short codes form part of SMS gateway functionality & provide your customers with a memorable number to interact with your business.

If you’ve read our last post, “Bulk SMS campaigns that are not spam”, then you may have, just for the briefest moment, clutched at your seat hoping that you’re not doing anything to contravene the Spam Act of 2003.

In a landmark case in Australian this week, the Federal Court in Brisbane charged 2 companies and 3 individuals with a total of $15.75 million in penalties for contravening the Spam Act of 2003.

SMPP, or Short Message Peer-to-Peer, is an open message transfer protocol that allows for the wholesale exchange of texts between both SMEs (Short Message Entities) and ESMEs (External Short Message Entities) on the one side..

Due to the global economic decline, marketing has never been so important, and bulk SMS messages are the easiest and most affordable way to get your important message out there.

Co-operation between mobile network operators in different countries has given us access to international SMS capability – and we all know how great it is to be able to stay in touch with friends and family no matter where in the world they are.