<P> SMS gateway providers facilitate the SMS traffic between businesses and mobile subscribers, being mainly responsible for carrying mission - critical messages, SMS for enterprises, content delivery and entertainment services involving SMS, e.g., TV voting . Considering SMS messaging performance and cost, as well as the level of text messaging services, SMS gateway providers can be classified as resellers of the text messaging capability of another provider's SMSC or offering the text messaging capability as an operator of their own SMSC with SS7 . SMS messaging gateway providers can provide gateway - to - mobile (Mobile Terminated--MT) services . Some suppliers can also supply mobile - to - gateway (text - in or Mobile Originated / MO services). Many operate text - in services on shortcodes or mobile number ranges, whereas others use lower - cost geographic text - in numbers . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> SMS is widely used for delivering digital content, such as news alerts, financial information, pictures, GIFs, logos and ringtones . Such messages are also known as premium - rated short messages (PSMS). The subscribers are charged extra for receiving this premium content, and the amount is typically divided between the mobile network operator and the value added service provider (VASP), either through revenue share or a fixed transport fee . Services like 82ASK and Any Question Answered have used the PSMS model to enable rapid response to mobile consumers' questions, using on - call teams of experts and researchers . In November 2013, amidst complaints about unsolicited charges on bills, major mobile carriers in the US agreed to stop billing for PSMS in 45 states, effectively ending its use in the United States . </P>

Using the short message service (sms) you can send brief electronic messages between mobile devices