Sending SMS from a servlet

[Shounak Kundu]

Hi, I am from India. Can you give me the links to send SMS from servlet for Indian mobile phones of any network ?
How can I get started ?

Thanks in advance.

[Lester Burnham]

The JavaIoFaq talks about that. Have you signed up with a provider yet?

[Shounak Kundu]

Do I necessarily need to register to a bulk SMS provider ? Can't I connect my mobille to PC and serve it as a GSM modem ?

[Bear Bibeault]

This doesn't really have much to do with Servlets, so I've moved it someplace ore appropriate.

[Hauke Ingmar Schmidt]

Shounak Kundu wrote:Do I necessarily need to register to a bulk SMS provider ? Can't I connect my mobille to PC and serve it as a GSM modem ?

Some mobiles allow this. You can connect via serial (USB, Bluetooth) and send out messages via the correct AT commands.

Most don't.

Some phones have companion software that allows to send SMS via PC (e.g. old Motorola devices, some Samsung). But I don't know if they publish an API for this. I doubt they do.

If you have an Android device you can write an app for the phone that works as SMS server. IIRC this has be done before, there are some apps out there that allow full PC control over the phone including this.

[Jan Cumps]

Shounak Kundu wrote:Do I necessarily need to register to a bulk SMS provider ? Can't I connect my mobille to PC and serve it as a GSM modem ?

A servlet is usualy not running on your PC, but on a server.

[Shounak Kundu]

Hauke Ingmar Schmidt wrote :

Some mobiles allow this. You can connect via serial (USB, Bluetooth) and send out messages via the correct AT commands.

Most don't.

Some phones have companion software that allows to send SMS via PC (e.g. old Motorola devices, some Samsung). But I don't know if they publish an API for this. I doubt they do.

If you have an Android device you can write an app for the phone that works as SMS server. IIRC this has be done before, there are some apps out there that allow full PC control over the phone including this.

Yes, I have seen the tutorials on Internet. They all have used AT command. But, I'd be using Java. Here's the problem.
So, you recommend to go for a bulk-SMS account ?

[Lester Burnham]

Shounak Kundu wrote:They all have used AT command. But, I'd be using Java. Here's the problem.

Where do you see the problem in that? What does it matter which language is used? Java can communicate over both USB and Bluetooth.

[Hauke Ingmar Schmidt]

Shounak Kundu wrote:
Yes, I have seen the tutorials on Internet. They all have used AT command. But, I'd be using Java. Here's the problem.
So, you recommend to go for a bulk-SMS account ?

I don't know what kind of application you want to build and what amount of SMS will be send so I can't give a recommendation.

[Shounak Kundu]

Lester Burnham wrote:

Where do you see the problem in that? What does it matter which language is used? Java can communicate over both USB and Bluetooth.

Actually , I am novice in this matter. So,please guide me.

[Shounak Kundu]

I have some queries regarding SMS sending, please clear my doubts :

1) What are prerequisites ?

2) Do I need to have GPRS or EDGE connectivity ?

3) If I connect my mobile phone through USB data cable, wil Java recognize that ?
I have seen a program , connecting cell phone through COM port . Is USB a COM port ?

[Lester Burnham]

2) Do I need to have GPRS or EDGE connectivity ?

SMS are sent via the phone network, not the data network, so you don't need that.

Is USB a COM port ?

No, it's a different type of connectivity. Check the JavaIoFaq for some hints about Java<-->USB integration.

[Hauke Ingmar Schmidt]

Shounak Kundu wrote:I have some queries regarding SMS sending, please clear my doubts :

1) What are prerequisites ?

2) Do I need to have GPRS or EDGE connectivity ?

3) If I connect my mobile phone through USB data cable, wil Java recognize that ?
I have seen a program , connecting cell phone through COM port . Is USB a COM port ?

1) Depends on what kind of application you want to build and what amount of SMS you need to send. Maybe a locally connected phone, a GSM modem card, an USB stick, access to a web service that allows to send SMS, a mail-to-SMS service, server software running on a phone...

2) No.

3) Generally spoken: No. No.

But a phone may have a modem built-in that is accessible via USB. E.g. my (old) Ericsson T39m can be connected via USB/serial adapter (the connector is built for RS-232) and behaves as serial device that accepts AT commands. The same is possible via a Bluetooth DUN connection. Connect, use your operating system to emulate a serial port (i.e. com port), open up a terminal emulator and connect the terminal link.

A lot of modern phones don't allow this anymore.

[Nitesh Sawant]

You may go for open source library for sms operations from pc........ smslib
http://code.google.com/p/smslib/

[Jan Cumps]

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