Innovative uses of SMS -Sawan Ruparel Sunday, June 7, 2009

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Area of usage SMS directory Service engineers report Inventory & rates report Sales for automation Bulk scheduled web based SMS broadcast MIS Accounts/billing information Financial alerts (e.g. stock, auction) Premium SMS (Content: ringtones, screensaver, games. Text Content: jokes, horoscopes, weather, etc. Interactive: Bars, Nightclubs, TV, Radio)

SMS directory

Service engineers report

Inventory & rates report

Sales for automation

Bulk scheduled web based SMS broadcast

MIS

Accounts/billing information

Financial alerts (e.g. stock, auction)

Premium SMS (Content: ringtones, screensaver, games. Text Content: jokes, horoscopes, weather, etc. Interactive: Bars, Nightclubs, TV, Radio)

Area of usage Loyalty messages News messages Credit control messages Ticketing messages VIP pass/entry messages Appointment reminder messages

Loyalty messages

News messages

Credit control messages

Ticketing messages

VIP pass/entry messages

Appointment reminder messages

Entertainment Game Channel - cell phone users play with each other in games offered by the show. Games like KBC – TV viewers partner with a studio contestant. SMS revenues grew by 200% for cell phone companies

Game Channel - cell phone users play with each other in games offered by the show.

Games like KBC – TV viewers partner with a studio contestant. SMS revenues grew by 200% for cell phone companies

Corporate SMS allows companies to send high volume text broadcasts to pre-registered recipients provides order handling through an SMS solution connected to a client’s inventory system allows two-way text messaging between the company’s call center agents and its customers

allows companies to send high volume text broadcasts to pre-registered recipients

provides order handling through an SMS solution connected to a client’s inventory system

allows two-way text messaging between the company’s call center agents and its customers

Financial Transaction SMART money – pre-paid re-loadable payment card linked to the SMART phone and the Master Card electronic payment system SMART Padalla – international cash remittance service – leverages pre-existing telecoms network (SMART communications) and e-payment system (MasterCard) PaySetters – open, secure and adaptable “mobile Person to person payment solution”, including cross-border remittance service RemitCard – SMS-based donation system

SMART money – pre-paid re-loadable payment card linked to the SMART phone and the Master Card electronic payment system

SMART Padalla – international cash remittance service – leverages pre-existing telecoms network (SMART communications) and e-payment system (MasterCard)

PaySetters – open, secure and adaptable “mobile Person to person payment solution”, including cross-border remittance service

RemitCard – SMS-based donation system

eGoverment citizens can text their concerns to the Ministers provides a channel for citizen’s complaints, suggestions or inquiries and as a citizen’s weapon against corrupt and inefficient bureaucracy. eBroadcasting – taxpayers who enroll in the SMS based eBroadcasting receive confirmation (within 48 hours) of the exact amount of tax payment received by the deparment

citizens can text their concerns to the Ministers

provides a channel for citizen’s complaints, suggestions or inquiries and as a citizen’s weapon against corrupt and inefficient bureaucracy.

eBroadcasting – taxpayers who enroll in the SMS based eBroadcasting receive confirmation (within 48 hours) of the exact amount of tax payment received by the deparment

Some examples… Airlines: allows passengers to book a flight via SMS Fish traders in Mindoro use SMS to check prices in various municipalities to determine where to sell their products Cut flower producers use SMS to communicate with flower vendors in Manila to determine demand and regulate their supply

Airlines: allows passengers to book a flight via SMS

Fish traders in Mindoro use SMS to check prices in various municipalities to determine where to sell their products

Cut flower producers use SMS to communicate with flower vendors in Manila to determine demand and regulate their supply

Life is too short to waste time in report/communicating, lets spend it more in Quality work... -Thank you