SMS allows users to directly transmit messages to each other without the use of an operator (it is, however, necessary to have the underlying operator controlled wireless service). The first user can send a message to a mobile unit, via a direct connect computer. The SMS protocol of messaging is also "smarter" then standard paging.

Update your customers/contacts with critical alerts on their phone at any time; you can use it as information or a promotional tool. Before using this service please read the VSNL's Anti spam policy. Misuse of this service is strictly prohibited as per VSNL's terms of service & Anti Spam Policy.

In the U.S., connect to SMS-enabled cell phone customers of all of the major wireless phone networks in the U.S. and hundreds of other U.S. regionally based carriers. Originate, send, receive and reply to messages from any VoiceStream, AT&T Wireless, Verizon, Nextel, Cingular, or Sprint PCS customer, among many others. You can also communicate with International customers. Currently, service is available in North Central & South American locations, some Pacific Rim countries, and the U.

Yes. If the recipient replies to the message, the reply will be sent to the Inbox of your email application. If you choose to reply to this message, then your reply will be sent back to the mobile phone of the original recipient.

You can use Mail Merge SMS (one of the tools in Web 2 SMS) to send out large batch of SMS, but allowing you to personalise each SMS (eg. with name, appointment time, etc) without typing each SMS manually. Mail merge SMS allows you to enter an SMS template that has personalised fields (eg. Dear [FIELD], you have an appointment at [FIELD], please call us on .... ). Then you can provide the mobile numbers you wish to send them to along with the personalised field values in a csv file.

There is no limit to how many times you can send SMS. As long as you have the credits to do so, you can send SMS anytime, anywhere.

Although the exact incidence is not known, it is estimated that SMS occurs in 1 out of 25,000 births. SMS is vastly under-diagnosed, but as the awareness of it increases, the number of people identified grows every year.

The diagnosis of SMS is usually confirmed through clinical blood tests called chromosome (cytogenetic) analysis and FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization). People with SMS are born with a small deletion (missing section) of one member of their 17th pair of chromosomes. It is the lack of this specific section, known as 17p11.2, which causes a child to develop the features of SMS.