SMS is the oldest Short Message Service (Short Message Service) and the most used on the world scale. Even if nowadays are applied and services such as Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger and IMessage, SMS are the only text messages that do not need internet connection to be shipped and received. It is one of the characteristics of SMS, which offers a huge advantage in front of any other modern service. In addition, it is compatible on all models of classic mobile phones, smartphone and iPhone.
Features and options offered by SMS Text Messages
Billions of users use SMS globally, but few know what the features and options of this service are.
Validity Validity period validity period
Most mobile phones have a menu option that allows you to set a period of validity For SMS text messages. This validity period refers to the time period as the message sent in Message Center Al mobile operator, if the recipient's phone is closed. Offline. I talked about this and here, where I explain why I no longer have the messages sent to us after we reopen the phone.
If we set a validity of 30 minutes for the messages sent, and the recipient has a closed phone and reopens after less than 30 minutes after the moment I sent the message, the message center will redirect the message to the recipient. If the time until reopening the phone is more than 30 minutes, the message will be deleted from the message center and will not be delivered.
Report on the status of the message sent - Message Status Reports
This is an option that will help to find out if the message sent He left successfully from the Message Center to the recipient. In order for this option to work and get the desired information, you must have somewhere in the "messages" settings of the phone, activating this service.
The function is specific to old generation mobile phones, launched before GPRS services.
Raport de Expediere – Message Submission Reports
You can find out if the SMS message has successfully arrived in the MESSAGE CENTER of the mobile operator. It is especially useful in situations where the coverage is weak, you are wrong the recipient's phone number or other errors on shipment. The mobile operator will automatically send a message to you in which you will be informed if the shipment has been made successfully or have appeared errors on shipment.
Raport de Livrare al SMS – Message Delivery Reports
This I think is the most used function by customers. It is the report that indicates if the text message sent by us was delivered on the recipient's phone. Compared to "Message Status Reports"Which indicates if the message was successfully sent from the Message Center to the recipient,"Delivery Reports"It is sent directly by the recipient phone. Sign that the message has been delivered successfully or not.
In case the recipient's phone does not have enough storage space, the message sent is in an unbearable format, the message "Delivery Reports" will include this formation.
At the beginning of the article I was saying the advantages of SMS messages compared to the new text communication technologies offered by WhatsApp, Facebook and other service operators.
In terms of disadvantages, it is primarily security. Given that these messages are sent through a message center and are poorly encrypted, they can be easily intercepted by dedicated devices to do so. In the case of an International Security SMS is even weaker. The message will be sent from the operator to another through several message centers and the probability of being intercepted is higher.
At the moment they say messages sent and received via iMessage and WhatsApp can not be intercepted, these being encrypted in one direction and would be impossible to decrypt.
