New Feature: Trigger a SMS Broadcast from your Mobile Phone
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new feature we call “Mobile Triggered Broadcast”
What this feature enables you is to is that using an authorised mobile number, you can send an SMS to 73333 to ‘trigger’ a full-fledged SMS broadcast to a target recipient group that exists in your Contacts.
To start using this feature, logon to your account and click on ‘My Profile’ on the top right hand corner of the page. You account page should load. Proceed then to make sure that your mobile number is entered under the Personal Info section. This mobile number will be the authorised number for trigger broadcasts for your account.
To trigger a SMS broadcast, send an SMS to 73333 in the following format:
BCAST <RECIPIENT GROUP NAME> <MESSAGE CONTENT>
eg. “BCAST SALES-TEAM-A Pls gather for an important meeting at 5pm today”
Another example using an iPhone shown below:
You have to make sure that the specified recipient group exists, and this only works with groups with a single-word name. (no spaces within)
Message history sent via this feature can be found under the Web API tab, click on “View API Usage” to peruse.
Please note that this feature works for Singapore users only for now.