how can i create sms engine in php to send sms in bulk

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junaidhassanalvi
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how can i create sms engine in php to send sms in bulk

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Hello i want to create and api to send sms in a bulk. The information i found on the net that every application use services and just send request in xml or in any other form i want to create my own thing i do not want to take any other service. For this i can take dedicated server or can set up my own server.

I think i have to create web services and send and receive request in form of XML

Can any one help me ???
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Chris Corbyn
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You use a SMS gateway to send SMS messages, unless you have your own GSM hardware. Do you have a SMS gateway in mind? The format will be specific to that gateway.
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How do you find an SMS gateway?

I thought it was a simple matter of sending an normal email to an number in email format, something like:

1234567890@rogers.ca

The digits are obviously the number and the domain my carrier --- but I assume it's not that easy? :(
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I've been around in circles on this topic... only in America does the email thing work... most other countries charge about 20 cents to send a text and it's not done with email... It's done over the GSM network.

A gateway we used to use in the UK: http://www.kapow.co.uk/
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20 cents a text message...yikes...
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Do you need to receive SMS? If you need to receive SMS, you will need to host your own GSM device or modem so that people can send you SMS.

If not, you can just use internet SMS gateways like clickatell as mentioned above will do the work, and post to them by HTTP, XML or email. The cost is about 6-8 cents per SMS. There are cheaper services, but not always reliable. If you need to host your own GSM device, you can use software like http://www.kannel.org (GPL Open Source) or http://www.visualgsm.com. Alternatively, you may obtain a shortcode from your Telco - but these come with monthly subscription of maybe one or two hundreds.

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