Short Messaging

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Short Messaging

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Introduction to Short Messaging

Tap into a business opportunity for the whole value chain

Short Message Service (SMS) is used as one bearer of Smart Messaging, a concept developed by Nokia for sending and receiving ring tones, picture messages, operator logos, business cards, calendar requests, and Internet settings. Since its introduction in 1997, Smart Messaging has become an extremely popular terminal-specific content delivery technology and the de facto standard for the industry. Hundreds of millions of Nokia phones with this feature have been delivered to the global market.

Since its first launch, a complete value chain of independent application and content providers - together with mobile operators - has developed Smart Messaging into a lucrative business opportunity.

Smart Messaging allows sending Internet access configuration messages, business cards, calendar reservations, ringing tones, graphical logos, picture messages and downloadable profiles.

Make your message happen!

The Computer Interface to Message Distribution (CIMD) protocol is used to connect applications to a Messaging Platform. Applications are programs that are capable of sending and receiving messages. The main purpose of CIMD connection is to transfer messages from the application to the Mobile Stations (MS) and from the MS to the application. Other kinds of information can also be conveyed over the interconnection, such as status reports from the GSM network to the applications.

The CIMD protocol is currently supported by two different types of messaging platforms: the Nokia Artuse SMS Center and the Nokia Artuse USSD Center.

The CIMD protocol supports TCP/IP sockets, X.25 PAD, and serial ports (modems). However, some messaging platforms support only part of the protocol's connectivity.

When secure connections are needed, CIMD protocol packets can be transported between systems through a virtual private network (VPN). VPNs are used to establish an encrypted message path from one computer system to another.

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