SmsHosting provides a functionality that enables to send SMS to one specific addressee number or to a group of contacts.

The service enables to have full control on the dispatching result of all sent SMS: through the statistics function it is possible to have real time information on the state of every single SMS that passed through the gateway.

Through the control panel it is possible to set the system to send you two types of email notifications on sent SMS:
• Non delivered SMS notifications: by enabling this notification, you will receive a mail for each SMS in “not sent” and “not delivered” states (see statistics).
• Reports on previous day sending results: by enabling this notification you will receive a mail that contains a report on the sending results for every SMS dispatched during the previous day.

For each sent SMS it is possible to use all of the 160 characters for the text and also specify a custom sender id that will appear in place of the sender number. This sender id can be composed of 16 numerical characters or 11 alphanumerical characters and will be visualized only from GSM providers that support this service.

The dispatching of SMS can be instantaneous or delayed, in which case it is possible to specify sending time and date.

Messages can be sent worldwide: by choosing destination country, all the available prefixes will be visualized.

Before the real dispatching of an SMS, a recapitulation of all sending data will be visualized to the user complete with a dispatching cost estimation.

Through the control panel it is possible to receive an automatic alert whenever the credit falls below a certain set threshold.

Available sending functionalities and features are:
• Single sending
• Group sending
• Instant or delayed mode
• All 160 characters available
• Full control over the delivery state
• Email notifications about delivery states
• Customizable sender id
• International dispatching
• Dispatching cost estimation
• Email alert on credit exhaustion