Showing posts with label Telecommunication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Telecommunication. Show all posts

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Sending Email via SMS in Nepal (SMS-to-Email)


Yes there is an option for Sending Email via SMS with NCell. NCell provides SMS
to Email service with monthly activation charge and Re 1 per sms for sending SMS.
Moreover, it also supports the other way to deliver SMS via Email.

More details on this service from NCell is available here -
http://www.ncell.com.np/prepaid/services/data/sms2email

However, there is no such service being provided by Nepal Telecom.

Next is the service provided by Sparrow SMS (http://sparrowsms.com)

Sparrow SMS provides SMS to Email service through its shortcode 4001. The message
syntax for sending Email through SMS is as follows:
TO<space>Email-Address<space>Email Text

Cost per SMS is Re 1 and has no activation charges. It works for both Nepal Telecom and NCell GSM users. A nice HTML email will be delivered to the receiver’s mailbox.


Saturday, August 14, 2010

Getting SMS VAS Service for your Business/Company/Product

Value Added Service (VAS) is a popular terminology used in Telecommunication Industry for services other than standard services in terms of tarrif of feature provided by the Telecommunication company.

There can be many types of VAS Services. VAS can be even be on Voice Calls or on SMS or any other services normally provided by a Telecommunication Company.

SMS VAS is the VAS for Short Messaging Service provided by telecommunications. You can see Four/Five digit numbers like 5001, 6001, 52525 etc. These numbers are called Shortcodes and generally represent VAS service for SMS.

In Nepal there are three major telecommunication service providers. However, regional providers like Satellite Telecom Ltd, also do exist.

The three major telecom providers namely, Nepal Telecom, Spice Nepal Pvt. Ltd, and United Telecom Limited have outreach throughout the country, and as per the current status VAS is provided targeting subscribers from these networks.