SMS Gateway –eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd can manage simultaneous connections to one or more SMSCs, supporting the major SMSC protocols, including SMPP, UCP/EMI, CIMD2, HTTP, and/or GSM modems. eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd handles the low level protocol details, and makes it easy to switch between different providers, as well as making it easy to add additional connections for situations where it is advantageous to route messages for different countries via different providers.

Creative Web Designers offers simple SMS gateway connectivity for those who need to SMS-enable their systems, websites, or applications. Using eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd API (Application Programming Interface) integration is fast, simple and reliable.
Our API is immediately multicast messaging enabled, allowing integration to any front-end or legacy system, with a direct connection into eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd global gateways.
Learn more about each of our API connectivity options below:

• HTTP/S API
  Our most popular connection, HTTP is one of the simpler forms of communication to the eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd API. It is used in the form of an HTTP/Internet Post.
• SMTP [E-mail to SMS] API
  Another firm favourite, the SMTP API allows messages that are sent via e-mail to be converted to SMS. Popular with customers who already have an e-mail messaging system in place. 
• SMPP API
  Our most robust connection, suitable for customers who send large volumes of traffic. eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd offers a global SMPP connection using the SMPP 3.3 standard. Customers are required to have SMPP client software in place, and unlike our other APIs there are minimum volume requirements when using SMPP.
• JAVA/XML API
  If you are familiar with XML, eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd offers an XML interface with its own set of DTDs. Currently supports XML over HTTP.
• FTP API
  Suitable for once off, high volume messaging. The FTP upload facility allows customers to upload text files to eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd FTP site, and have the files automatically dispatched to message recipients.
• COM Object API
  Popular with windows-based developers, the eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd COM API object's rich set of methods and definitions make it easy for a user to integrate SMS sending into their programs or ASP pages.

Web to SMS
This simple to use Web interface allows you to communicate instantly with individuals or groups via bulk text messaging, and receive replies to an inbox on the website. The following features are available:

• Phonebook
• Message history with status reports
• Buy and manage credits online
• Scheduling of messages for a future date
• Multiple messages from file upload
• Low Credit Notification

• Inbox
• Manage Invoices
• Purge message facility
• Controllable sender id
• SMS Merge
• SSL Encryption

Desktop Software
With our Bulksms Text Messenger you extend the power of SMS to your desktop. This is feature rich software is easy to install and use. It has a familiar look and feel, similar to your e-mail client. Replies to messages are received in an Inbox. Messages can be replied to, or forwarded to others. The software was designed to facilitate quick group and individual messaging.
Additional features are:

• Easy Outlook Address book integration.
• Creation of distribution groups.
• Uploading of databases from csv or tab delimited files.
• Quick messaging to large groups (up to 20000/group)
  and individuals.
• Personalised messaging.
• Detailed reporting of all sent and received messages.

Electronic Application Interface
Our EAPI (Electronic Application Programming Interface) allows your organization to SMS enable your own applications. The EAPI can be used for tasks from automatic notification to message delivery status. The EAPI is based on simple HTTP requests. Data is by default returned to you in a pipe-delimited (|) format, and you can generally submit everything you need to as simple query parameters.

2-Way SMS Application Enabler – eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd is a great tool for enabling rapid development of interactive SMS applications and services. When Creative Web Designers receives an SMS message, it can be configured to dispatch that message to a script running on an HTTP server, to a local executable program, or local script or batch file. This provides a simple way to get received messages into an application, so that the application can perform custom processing on the message. The application can generate a simple reply back to the received message, or perform more advanced application specific logic.

MMSC – Creative Web Designers is an Multimedia Messaging Service Centre, or MMSC. It has the capability to support person-to-person (phone-to-phone) MMS messaging, as well as application-to-person and person-to-application MMS messaging. Over 20 mobile operators are using Creative Web Designers as an MMSC to enable multimedia messaging on their networks.

MMSC for Application to person messaging – In many environments, Creative Web Designers is implemented as a secondary MMSC to enable application to person MMS messaging, while another MMSC provides person-to-person MMS messaging services.

MMS Gateway – eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd can interface to existing MMSCs using MM7, MM4, or EAIF. It can also interface to operator MMSCs over a GPRS modem using MM1.eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd handles the low level protocol details, and makes it easy to switch beteen different providers, as well as making it easy to add additional connections.

WAP Push Proxy Gateway (PPG) – eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd makes it easy to send WAP Push messages, supporting push message submission via a simple HTTP interface, as well as support for the more advanced Push Access Protocol (PAP) interface. eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd also includes support for Multimedia WAP Push, which can be used as a lower cost alternative to MMS for the delivery of multimedia content.

OTA Provisioning Gateway –eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd  supports OTA (Over-the-Air) provisioning based upon the Nokia/Ericsson OTA specification, and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Provisioning Content specification. These protocols allow browser, messaging and synchronization settings to be sent to devices over SMS. OMA Provisioning also supports additional setting types, such as those used for Push-to-Talk, e-mail, and more.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) Enabler –eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd provides a simple interface for sending out MMS or WAP Push messages with DRM Forward-Lock enabled. Creative Web Designers also supports the encoding of more advanced DRM rights messages for delivery over SMS/WAP Push.

SMSC Multiplexer – eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd allows multiple applications to share SMSC connections by functioning as an SMPP server. Applications designed to submit messages using SMPP can connect to a eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd server, and eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd can route the messages over any of its supported SMSC links.eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd can also support multiple clients connecting in to submit messages over an HTTP/Web interface.
These are just some of the application uses of Creative Web Designers. We invite you to study our features list to learn about the technical capabilities of eSoft ICTs Solutions Ltd that might be of use for your applications and/or services.