Adding in your software applications advanced SMS send and processing functions will offer you several benefits:

• you offer useful mobile functions to your customers, giving your software a competitive edge.
• you will generate additional income by earning money for each SMS processed by your application.

Add exciting new features to your software applications!

Using the free tools and API supplied by MCTEL, you could easily and quickly add advanced and exciting new features to your programs, using most languages and on most platforms:

• send a SMS to one or several recipients, using all advanced features offered by mobile networks: deferred sending, flash mode (immediate display on the mobile screen), binary data (ringtones, logos, vCard or vCalendar data), Push-Wap or OTA requests...
• send multimedia MMS data to the mobile using the Wap Push function: your could send pictures, polyphonic ringtones, Java JM2E applications, access Wap services, and so on...
• check the current status of a previously sent SMS, returning precise timestamp of reception date by the recipient mobile phone or error cause if applicable.
• in some countries, process incoming SMS requests sent by mobile users to trigger any kind of processing (e.g. database search) and send back by SMS the result. When this feature is offered through a Premium SMS service, the mobile user will be charged for the offered service and you will earn money directly collected on your behalf and paid by the mobile network operators.

How to add SMS features to your applications?

Easy to use and complete tools could be downloaded free of charge, they will allow you to integrate easily all SMS functions to your software, most often in a matter of few hours:

• VideoSMS/Client API (download manual), available for Windows, most Unix (Linux, Unix-SCO, HP-UX, IBM AIX, HP/Compaq/Digital True64 Unix, Sun Solaris) and OpenVMS (Vax, Alpha, Itanium). API functions are very powerful and easy to use, for example calling sms_send function with appropriate parameters will request SMS transmission the sms_readstatus function will return the current status of a previously sent. API offers also incoming SMS management tools, account management and statistical tools, and allow to request user geographical location on some networks.
• Web HTTP/HTML tools (download manual): a simple GET or POST request to the smsfax gateway URL will appropriate parameters set, will trigger the sending of a SMS or request SMS status. This method is very easy to use, either from application programs or Web services.
• FTP XML/FTP tools are used to send bulk SMS whose text and recipient lists are specified in an easy to create XML text file transmitted to the smsfax gateway using FTP. This method is well suited to numerous bulk SMS transmission.

Attractive rates and revenue-sharing partnership

MCTEL offers you very attractive SMS sending rates and a complete partner program:

• immediate and free account creation, so you and your customers could send SMS immediately.
• immediate and free affiliate registration allowing you to enjoy all the benefits of the partner program including revenue-sharing.
• all tools and API (Web, FTP, API) are supplied free of charge: download.
• you or your customers only pay for transmitted SMS at very attractive rates decreasing according the quantities (refer to the rates). You will earn income for each SMS sent using your application and may choose between:
  • invoice yourself your customers. In this case, you will purchase SMS from MCTEL at low bulk rates and fix yourself your resell rates.
  • let your customers purchase SMS units from MCTEL and earn a 7% commission for each sale. The purchase page managed by www.smsfax.com may bear your company logo and be accessed through your Web or your computer application.

Web tools will allow you to check in real time your affiliate statistics and the earned money.