This presentation discusses building SMS-based applications with Ruby-SMPP. It notes that India has over 280 million mobile subscribers, the second largest mobile consumer base in the world. It argues that SMS is still a powerful communication tool, being asynchronous, supported on all devices, and enabled by innovations like T9 text. The presentation outlines the steps to build an SMS application, including deciding what to offer users and obtaining a phone number suitable for the intended use and messaging type.

1. Building SMS based applications
with Ruby-SMPP
By: Er. Abhishek Parolkar
This presentation is licensed under:
Creative Commons Attribution-Non commercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
India

2. Who am I?

3. #Scope of this talk
{
Mobile 2.0,
SMS,
SMPP,
Ruby-SMPP
}

4. Welcome, the next generation of mobile
technologies
280 million mobile subscribers in india
India, second largest mobile consumer base in the world
40 million internet subscribers in india
Media entertainment industry (CMP)– 12 billion
People are talking WiMax , HSDPA , 3GPP LTE, Femto Cells

5. So, Why am I talking SMS?

6. ... A pen is mightier than a sword...
likewise..
...160 chars are more powerful than
voice.

7. Why?