MySMSGate

As a developer, there have been numerous projects that I have worked on that would have benefitted greatly from the ability to send SMS messages, especially for identification purposes, but the barrier always remained the cost of implementing commercial SMS Gateways.

Mark Buckman - PlateWire.com Founder

The Problem

Currently, if you or your company is looking to add SMS capabilities to a current project, you have a wealth of options (Google: SMS Gateway), many of these solutions are pricey, and may involve a good deal of implementation. (A good open source project to examine is Kannel, a compact, yet powerful open source WAP and SMS gateway.)

Many times the immediate need for SMS messaging is not that feature rich. In an example; perhaps you are developing an application which you only require to send a one-way notification to your user, e.g. "You've received a message from [Username]". Another example is also using an SMS message as a secondary form of verification, besides an email. e.g. After verifying a new users' email address, generate a random number, send via SMS to their mobile, and if they respond with the correct number, you have a more direct form of identity verification.

The Solution

MySMSGate offers a free one way SMS message gateway to developers. Currently covering deliverability to 184 mobile provers worldwide.

To consume this service, all that we require is that you register and validate your account. Once validated, you will receive an access key and documentation on consuming the webservice.

The webservice is SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 compliant, as well as HTTP POST executeable.