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What Is GPRS?: How Can Messages Be Sent?

This document defines and describes SMS, MMS, WAP, and GPRS. SMS allows sending and receiving short 160-character text messages to and from mobile phones. MMS allows sending multimedia messages like images, video and audio. WAP enables mobile internet access by allowing phones to connect to websites designed for wireless devices. GPRS provides constant packet-based internet connectivity to mobile phones. The document also discusses how email can be sent and received via SMS gateways, and that messages can be sent through internet SMS centers or directly from an attached mobile phone.

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What Is GPRS?: How Can Messages Be Sent?

This document defines and describes SMS, MMS, WAP, and GPRS. SMS allows sending and receiving short 160-character text messages to and from mobile phones. MMS allows sending multimedia messages like images, video and audio. WAP enables mobile internet access by allowing phones to connect to websites designed for wireless devices. GPRS provides constant packet-based internet connectivity to mobile phones. The document also discusses how email can be sent and received via SMS gateways, and that messages can be sent through internet SMS centers or directly from an attached mobile phone.

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Describing the meaning of SMS.

Receiving email by SMS.


Sending email by SMS.
What is MMS?
What is WAP?

What is GPRS?
How can messages be sent?

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To give the student the concept of SMS Messages

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:


Describe the meaning of SMS.
Understand the Receiving of email by SMS:
Understand the sending of email by SMS
Know the data that can be sent and received
through SMS ,MMS, WAP and GPRS.
Know how the messages can be sent?
.
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Describe the meaning of SMS:


Mobile telephones are a relatively new
technology.
SMS (Short Messaging Service) is an
option available on the vast majority of
mobile communication networks.
What is SMS? SMS (Short Messaging
Service)is a system that allows 160characters text messages to be passed
to and from mobile phones using the
control channels.

SMS/G
SM

This means that the text


message can get through
even when a call is in
progress. SMS does not go
directly to the destination,
but you send it to a
message center, which
sends it to the destination
as
soon as
there
is
available capacity.

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You can send cards ,pictures and


customized ring tones as well as text .
In the message settings menu, you may
find the option of sending messages as
fax or email , as well as text and other
formats. These systems allow the user to
send and receive email by SMS.

Receiving email by SMS:


some networks will provide you with
an email address associated with the mobile
telephone, and you can then send and
receive messages using this email address.
Customers of all mobile telephone
networks can use these services. You
choose a name ,and get address.
The service can only send the first 160
characters of each email, due to
the limitations of SMS, but as most email are
relatively short , this is usually adequate.

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Sending email by SMS


You can not send an email by SMS
directly: you have to send it to a gateway that
will convert the SMS to email format.
The gateway provider will convert the text
into an email format and send it to the
recipient. They can then read the email
through their computer software and reply.
The reply is then converted into a format
that the mobile telephone can display and is
sent to the telephone.

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The data that can be sent and received are


SMS ,MMS, WAP and GPRS.
What is SMS?
SMS is a SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE that
allows you to send and receive text. Your short
text messages may contain up to 160 characters.
If your mobile is switched off or out of range your
messages will be stored in the network and
delivered as soon as possible.
Consult your mobile manual on how to send an
SMS.
What is MMS?
MMS is a MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE SERVICE
that allows you to communicate with long text
messages, graphics, video clips and sound files. So
basically you can send a picture that says a
thousand words or the thousand words.
Consult your mobile manual on how to use MMS.

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What is WAP?

WAP means WIRELESS APPLICATION


PROTOCOL or WIRELESS ACCESS
POINTS.
Its a standard for applications that use
wireless communication. Basically WAP
allows your mobile to connect to the
internet and download text, sound and
graphics. The worlds mobile internet sites
are known as WAP-sites.
What is GPRS?

GPRS stands for GENERAL PACKET


RADIO SERVICE. It is a technology that
allows data to be transmitted and received
in packets. With GPRS you can be
connected to the Internet at all times.

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How can messages be sent?


Messages can be sent either
- Through a modem, using a dial-up SMS center.
- Through the internet, using an account with an
internet SMS center.
- Through a mobile phone attached to the computer.
How could the messages be sent?
The messages can be sent through an internet
connection or directly through an attached mobile
phone.
If a mobile phone is attached to the computer, the
contents of the inbox can be downloaded and
stored in folders.

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Answer the following questions:


1- What is SMS?
.
.
2- What is MMS?
.
.
3- What is WAP?
.
.
4- What is GPRS?
.
.

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You can get more information:


Use search engine to know more about SMS ,
MMS ,WAP ,GPRS.

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