BigPack by SmsHosting.it are the ideal solution for users that utilize large amounts of SMSes. BigPacks enable to send SMSes using a Business Class connection with GSM providers:

- quick and guaranteed message delivery
- delivery notification included
- number portability support
- on demand customizable sender id
- international coverage

SMS packages must be purchased in prepaid mode.

In case of payment via bank transfer, it is possible to quicken the activation by sending via fax (to the number +39 0437 1835002) a copy of the transfer receipt complete with CRO, specifying username and subscribed services.

The credit card payment type enables to have an immediate and automatic activation of the purchased SMS credit in the same moment that BancaSella confirms the transaction. In this way it is possible to make purchases and renewals 24x7.

At the moment of activation, the system automatically sends a confirmation email to the address associated with the account

With bank transfer payments, activations are not made during Saturday, Sunday and holydays. Prices are VAT (20%) excluded.

The capability to customize the sender id is a feature that enables to send SMSes with a personalized alphanumeric string as sender.

The 10k+ package is a bundle made up of 10,000 SMS and an annual fee for the first custom senderID at discounted price (for an overall price of € 730+VAT); following ones can be purchased as additional service. In the OverPack custom sender ids are available as an add-on. With all other packs it is not possible to purchase the custom sender id.

Services that are purchased online on SmsHosting.it are activated within 4 working hoursfrom the payment confirmation. In particular:
* for credit card and Bankpass web payments, the activation is immediate and automatic with the receipt of the transaction confirmation from BancaSella
* for bank transfer payments, it is possible to quicken the service activation by sending via fax (to the number +39 0437 1835002) a copy of the transfer receipt, complete with CRO, specifying username and subscribed services.

At the moment of activation, the system automatically sends a confirmation email, complete with any additional detail necessary to use all purchased services.

With bank transfer payments, activations are not made during Saturday, Sunday and holydays.

The sender id for SMSes can be customized, where intended, with the following rules:
- an alphanumeric value from 1 to 11 characters
- spaces are NOT allowed
- digits, dot (.) and minus (-) are allowed
- sender id availability must be verified with GSM providers
- chosen sender id will be available within 15 working days from request
- in all other cases the operator code assigned to SmsHosting.it will be used

BigPacks currently enable to send SMS in 142 countries and towards 481 GSM providers.

Service coverage is constantly improved with the support for GSM networks that come available in already reached countries and in nations which activate a new mobile phone network.

The detailed list is available on the link >>coverage
To ask questions about networks not available at the moment, it is possible to write to sales@smshosting.it

The number portability indicates that mobile phone users can change phone services provider without having to change their own phone number.

With BigPacks it is possible to send SMS also towards this numbers that actually represent the 20% of the GSM and ETACS (with SMS support) contract market.

Delivery notification is the system by which it is possible to know if a SMS has been delivered to the addressee mobile phone or not.

SmsHosting.it includes this service free of charge in all BigPack SMS packages so that each customer is able to assess and decide to remove from their dispatching lists any contact that doesn’t receive messages, so resulting in a saving on useless sendings. In particular, the dispatching of SMSes could be in one of these 4 states:

• Sent: the message has been accepted from the GSM provider
• Not sent: the message arrived to the SmsHosting.it gateway but didn’t get through syntactical checks to be forwarded to the GSM provider or it was a delayed message then cancelled by the user from the web control panel
• Delivered: the message has been delivered to the addressee phone
• Not delivered: the message has been accepted by the GSM provider, but didn’t reach the addressee phone

The statistic and reporting services available in the SmsHosting.it control panel are the tools used for a real time monitoring of the dispatching phase of each SMS.

Among available options there are: search by group, addressee number and date interval. For each report it is possible to visualize a detail for:

- requested sending date
- sending date
- addressee number
- complete message text
- sender id
- message type (single or multiple)
- instant or delayed dispatching
- sending state
- sending cost

smsSpot is the functionality that enables to dive the capability to send international SMS (in instant or delayed mode) in any page of a website.

This function is immediately available: the system automatically generates the code that must be copied and pasted into the html source of the desired web page. Webmasters will be also able to customize it from a graphical point of view to make it homogeneous with colours and layout of the website.

smsList is the function that enables webmasters to realize a SMS newsletter, also in the case that they don’t know any programming language.

This function is immediately available: the system automatically generates the code that must be copied and pasted into the html source of the desired web page. The smsList provides a security system of double verification via email to confirm all number registrations and an auto-deletion feature.

Technical assistance is guaranteed via mail to the address assistenza@smshosting.it. All sent requests receive assistance within 4 working hours. For any commercial question, instead, a mail can be written to the address sales@smshosting.it