Take advantage of sending SMS to multiple at once

Kathmandu. Different organizations, offices or organizations and individuals may need to send the same message (SMS) to multiple mobile numbers at once. To address this, Nepal Telecom is providing SMS based service.

Nepal Telecom is providing three types of SMS based services including SMS alerts, SMS shortcodes and web-based bulk SMS as per the requirement of the customers.

A. SMS alerts

SMS alerts can be used on various mobile numbers in case of need to provide information about any subject and no reply is expected from the other side. SMS alerts can also be used to provide information about the financial transactions of various banks and financial institutions, to confirm the payment, to provide information about your business and to send appropriate messages to promote the business.

A service provider must perform a technical test before using this service. An alert name is provided to the service provider concerned. Organizations can send SMS to mobiles from the same ‘alert name’.

B. SMS shortcode

Double interaction can be done using SMS shortcode. If some SMS is sent to a mobile through shortcode, the customer who receives the SMS can also send feedback about the informative content or request for more information. This service is also useful for finding out the results of various exams, polling on different topics, voting, conducting quiz service and also marketing or promoting your business.

This service should be technically tested before operation and also get the approval of Nepal Telecommunication Authority for 5 digit short code. The customer or service provider operating this service is provided with a numeric shortcode. Sending an SMS to another person’s mobile phone seems to be from the same number.

C. Web-based bulk SMS

Web-based bulk SMS is a type of broadcast service. This allows the same message to be sent to multiple mobile numbers at once. It can be used by schools, colleges, business establishments, small businesses or any other organization. Its main feature is to be able to send SMS to many people at once in a short time easily and cheaply.

This service can be made available in a short time without additional testing. For this, the service provider is provided with the matching name of the organization in 11 characters and SMS can be sent to many numbers from the same name.

The process of taking advantage: Institutions wishing to use SMS alerts and shortcodes need to have their own SMS application or system, while organizations wishing to send web-based bulk SMS will need Nepal Telecom to make the necessary arrangements, so no additional application or system is required.

To use SMS alerts, shortcode services and web-based bulk SMS services, a formal request letter must be prepared. The letter should include company profile, technical profile, purpose of service, potential customer and customer base. Similarly, a copy of the documents registered in the company registration and tax office should be included. A letter prepared with all these documents can be sent by email to [email protected] or registered at the nearest company office

In case of web-based bulk SMS service, after approval from Nepal Telecom, the amount specified on the basis of SMS volume quota should be remitted to the bank account. After this, Nepal Telecom creates a user account for the customer and makes it available to the customer. Based on this, the customer can provide SMS service.