Reliable information transfer via SMS
EuroTel Praha´s new service, Business Messaging
Gateway, will surely convince you that the frontier of possibilities for using the GSM
mobile phone network is currently unlimited. It was operationalized July 15, 1998.
Thanks to the newly
established BMG center, this service facilitates the transmission of information or data
in the form of short text messages (SMS) between the GSM mobile phone network (or special
industrial modules) and the customer’s selected computer application.
An advantage of this service is its mobility, i.e. that the receiving and
transmitting terminals are not bound to the operating location and can freely move; its
globality which means that the terminals work both in the Czech Republic and abroad; its
security since SMS transmission is encoded and the transmission to the user’s
application may be ensured through additional encryption; its rapidity since an SMS
delivery takes place in seconds; its reliability which guarantees a high degree of success
in delivering messages; and its financial benefits when fees for sent SMS are
discounted compared to a normal transmission of short text messages. |
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Previously, information and data could be transmitted only
via mobile-mobile links when one of the mobile phones (represented by industrial modules
like Siemens M1, Falcom, ...) was connected to a computer which processed and evaluated
the incoming messages thanks to its software application. We can observe the use of this
type of information transmission in some banks which provide their customers with “phone
banking“ services. The clients may check their account status and even make other
banking operations via SMS-type inquiries.
For service providers and users, the mobile-mobile means of transmitting
information is becoming insufficient in light of the growing volume of SMS being
transmitted. Communication between mobile phones faces a limited capacity which allows for
only the receipt or transmission of one SMS at a time. Situations can thus arise when
several inquiries or responses meet at once at a time of increased service use. The mobile
phone attached to the computer application is then unable to process such a large quantity
of deliveries and an indeterminable delay occurs. With on-line services, this time delay
is completely unacceptable. In an extreme case, the time limit for delivering the message
may expire and the request of the given service’s user is irrevocably erased.
In these situations, the new BMG technology comes to mind. Its abilities and
adequate capacity provide many companies with a solution of how to expand, improve, and
quantitatively ensure mobile phones based on the transmission of short text messages
(SMS). Just contact the BMG center by modem, fixed data link, or via the public Nextel
data network. Then, all benefits which accompany BMG are available to the service
operators and users. Last but not least, the BMG user even gains attractive financial
benefits.
The options for utilizing BMG services are innumerable. Here are a few of them:
The price of cars are continually rising, which increases the need to protect them from
theft. Using BMG services, your car’s receiver is capable of sending SMS messages and
informing the control center if the car is stolen. For instance, in combination with the
GPS system, the movement of the stolen car can be precisely mapped out.
In the case of transport, freight, and similar services, the movement of vehicles can be
easily coordinated (active work), their position mapped out, and information about the
vehicles´ cargo, etc., can be gathered, in order to reach high effectiveness.
Using a mobile unit, sensors can very quickly put forth information on any security
disturbance of the guarded buildings.
If the computer systems contain fundamental information, a long-term electric drop-out may
literally mean a catastrophe. With the help of BMG, this doesn’t have to be the
case--you’ll always be informed in time.
Measurement data can be quickly and inexpensively collected from dislocated measuring
installations. For instance, hydrometeorological stations located in inaccessible
locations can put forth regular information and the sensors in roads can pass on updated
information on the condition of the road surface, etc.
Traction, signaling, or safety lines for rail vehicles can be controlled from one single
control center.
BMG can also find application in the field of services--connecting any public automated
machines (e.g. car washes, food machines, etc.).
By using Business Messaging Gateway services in any of the said fields, your company can
transmit information or data in the form of short text messages safely, quickly, and with
quality. |