Comparative table - international price list
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Lite |
Silver |
Gold |
Platinum |
DynamicPacks by SmsHosting.it are the ideal solution for users that utilize small and medium amounts of SMSes. DynamickPacks enable to send SMSes using a First Class connection with GSM providers:
- quick and guaranteed message delivery
- delivery notification included
- number portability support
- dynamically customizable sender id
- international coverage |
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Price |
€ 29,50 |
€ 57 |
€ 108 |
€ 250 |
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 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.
In 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. |
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Activation |
included |
included |
included |
included |
| Activation fee for purchased SMS packages is included in their price. |
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Recharge |
free |
free |
free |
free |
| Recharge fee for the SMS credit is included in the packages price. |
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Interconnection |
excluded |
excluded |
excluded |
excluded |
The interconnection fee is an additional cost required by some GSM providers to deliver SMS to their network. In DynamicPacks it is dynamically debited for each message according to termination costs imposed by GSM providers depending on the destination (international prefix, GSM prefix) of the message.
» Visualize detailed interconnection fees |
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Activation time |
4h |
4h |
4h |
4h |
Services that are purchased online on SmsHosting.it are activated within 4 working hours from 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. |
Features
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Amount of international SMS |
500 |
1.000 |
2.000 |
5.000 |
DynamicPacks enable to send SMS in 133 countries. To guarantee maximum flexibility, each package quotes the number of messages that can be sent to GSM providers which don’t apply any interconnection fee. In Italy, from June 18 2003, all of GSM providers have unanimously applied an interconnection fee of € 0,035+VAT. SmsHosting.it, towards these providers, applies exactly the imposed fee without overcharge. Applying the interconnection fee, the price of the package doesn’t change, but it does change the number of SMS that the customer can send.
In this way it is possible to know exactly the service cost, being able to accurately assess the investment.
Furthermore, at any time, it will be possible to upgrade from a SMS solution to another or purchase additional SMS for an already active package. |
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Custom sender id |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
The sender id for SMS can be customized, where intended, with the following rules:
- an alphanumeric value from 1 to 11 characters or from 1 to 16 digits
- spaces are allowed
- digits, dot (.) and minus (-) are allowed
- the sender id is immediately available
- the sender id is autonomously customizable from the web control panel
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Coverage |
147 countries |
147 countries |
147 countries |
147 countries |
DynamicPacks currently enable to send SMS in 133 countries and towards 461 GSM providers.
Service coverage is constantly improved with the support for GSM networks that come available in already reached countries and in nations that 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 |
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Number portability |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
The number portability indicates that mobile phone users can change phone services provider without having to change their own phone number.
With DynamicPacks 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. |
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Delivery notification |
included |
included |
included |
included |
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 DynamicPack 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 SMS 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
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Credit validity |
1 year |
1 year |
1 year |
1 year |
| SMS have a validity of 12 months from the date of purchase. In this way, every new purchase effectuated within the expiration date extends the residual credit validity and that of the new credit by other 12 months. |
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Renewable credit |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| If the purchased package doesn’t satisfy starting quantitative requirements or there is a residual credit approaching the expiration date, it is possible to renew it with a new online purchase from the web control panel. |
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Upgradeable |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| If the purchased package doesn’t satisfy starting quantitative requirements or it is needed to use features provided by superior plans, during the validity period of the plan, it is possible to convert it in a superior DynamicPack, directly from the web control panel. |
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Real time statistics |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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
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Available sending functionalities
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» Web sending |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Web sending enables to send single or multiple SMS, in instant or delayed mode, from the web control panel of an active account on SmsHosting.it |
» Email2sms |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| The Email2sms function enables to send single or multiple SMS, in instant or delayed mode, without having to transfer personal contacts on SmsHosting.it, by sending an email message in text format from a client (Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Eudora, etc.) or a server (using email components as CDONTS, CDOSYS, JMail, Persist Email, MailX, sendmail, etc.). |
» HTTP |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| The HTTP connection enables to establish an interface with SmsHosting.it to send single or multiple SMS, to verify despatching states of sent SMS and to visualize statistic data available for each user. |
» WSDL |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| WSDL (Web Services Description Language) is a XML format used to describe Web Services (software that are accessible via normal protocols used on Internet). Using WSDL it is possible to know the format of messages that must be sent to the Web Service, which are the exposed methods, parameters and return values. It is equivalent to the IDL used by COM e CORBA to define interfaces. |
» smsSpot |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| 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 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| 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. |
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» Technical assistance |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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
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» Redundant architecture |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| One of the strategic operative choices made by SmsHosting.it is to utilize distributed and redundant systems. This is an important investment which means that superior service continuity can be guaranteed, also if temporary errors occur in the Internet or GSM networks. |
» Uptime |
99,85% |
99,85% |
99,85% |
99,85% |
| The overall uptime, which is updated monthly according to historical data from the last 12 months, indicates the reaching percentage, on annual base, for our web services and for connected GSM networks. |