Published March 25th, 2008
in COMMZGATE Portal.
Included in the latest update of COMMZGATE Portal today is a feature that allows you to select recipient groups by simply dragging them from your Contacts list, and dropping them into the “Selection Outbox”.
This method allows multiple selection as well and gives users a much improved visualization of the Contacts selection process.
This new feature is found in both the Campaign and QuickSend sections.
Also included in the update today are a host of other minor improvements such as a date range filter for API message logs and improved search capabilities.
Published March 14th, 2008
in COMMZGATE Portal.
New Feature
QuickSend is a great way to send a simple message broadcast to customers and colleagues without having to take into consideration all of the campaign-related features in a normal campaign.
We released a new feature in QuickSend where on submitting each message, you will be able to view the progress of the message submission instantaneously. The progress will appear a yellow alert box as shown by the screenshot on this page.
A nice feature here is that even if there already are existing messages in the message queue waiting to be processed, you can proceed to submit even more messages to the queue without having to wait for the original batch of messages to clear.
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Pfizer has launched a SMS-based smoking cessation programme in support of its smoking cessation drug Champix /Chantix
Apparently, research has shown that half the fight to quit smoking is psychological.
Users of the drug are hence assisted with up to daily SMS encouragement reminders to keep up the good fight , not to give up and basically to keep the chin up until the end of the drug course.
To register, send QUIT to 73333 , you will be prompted to enter your drug course start date to begin the programme.
Published August 15th, 2007
in COMMZGATE Products and SMS Campaigns.
Braun and Oral-B have jointly launched a OktoberFest SMS Campaign where customers can stand to win a fully-paid trip for 2 to Munich, Germany to celebrate the German OktoberFest beer-drinking festival.
Customers will have to purchase $128 worth or more of Braun or Oral-B products and SMS their details to 76767.
The Braun / Oral-B OktoberFest SMS Campaign is powered by the COMMZGATE Platform.
Published July 22nd, 2007
in Techical Stuff! and COMMZGATE Products.
If you are programming an application to interface with an GSM modem hardware device to send and receive SMS Text Messages, you will most likely be communicating with the GSM modem device using AT Commands.
When issuing commands to the GSM modem device, you will get back a series of return codes from the device, which is in turn a result of how the GSM modem device had interacted with the GSM network.
The return codes are in the form of 1 to 3 digit numbers.
Here is the full list of the possible return codes and what they mean:
CMS Error code list for GSM Modem devices
1 - “Unassigned (unallocated) number”
This cause indicates that the destination requested by the Mobile Station cannot be reached because, although the number is in a valid format, it is not currently assigned (allocated).
8 - “Operator determined barring”
This cause indicates that the MS has tried to send a mobile originating short message when the MS’s network operator or service provider has forbidden such transactions.
10 - “Call barred”
This cause indicates that the outgoing call barred service applies to the short message service for the called destination.
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