Top up SureM account

SureM.net allows every new subscriber to send 5 FREE messages to any country of the world. But once those are used up, you need to purchase more credits to send SMS. Here’s how you do it :

1. Login to your SureM.Net account

2. Then move to the “Purchase credit” tab

Among the payment options are Paypal, Eximbay and Wire transfer.

Currently, Paypal allows purchasing the credit in any currency supported by the electronic payment system, while Wire transfer can only be accepted in USD.

For either option, you MUST contact SureM to have your credits added :

• Send an e-mail to sureminternational@gmail.com or international@surem.com stating :
  • Your surem login (ID)
  • Paypal address you used for making the payment (your paypal account name)

Once your purchased is confirmed the credits will be added to your account!

SMPP

SMPP?

The Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) is an open, industry standard protocol widely used in the telecommunication industry.

SMPP is desinged to provide a flexible data communication interface for the transfer of SMS messages between Short Message Service Centeres (SMSC), Routing Entities (RE), and SMS Application Systems (or External Short Messaging Entities (ESME)).

SMPP is an application protocol over TCP/IP, which allows fast and reliable delivery of SMS messages. The latest version of SMPP specification currently is 5.0 ( can be found at http://opensmpp.org/specs/smppv50.pdf ). At SureM, we support SMPP 3.4 and 5.0 so whichever protocol the customer prefers – we can easily modify the system or even customize it upon request.

Supported PDUs

• bind_transmitter
• bind_receiver
• bind_tranceiver
• unbind
• submit_sm
• data_sm
• deliver_sm
• enquire_link

Data Coding Schemes

• 0 or 1 : ASCII
• 3 : Latin 1
• 8 : UCS2
• 14: KSC5601

(For more about SMPP, please referhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Message_Peer-to-Peer)

Free SMS to South Korea

If you want to send free messages anywhere in the world, there is a great variety of websites promoting the feature. In reality, if you check most of them are either :

1. Fake
2. Not working anymore
3. Require a long procedure of sharing tons of personal information to get you to share e-mail / phone number and suffer from endless SPAM for all eternity..

Among this pool of websites, let me introduce one allowing sending free messages to any country, South Korea as an example.

If you go to http://www.surem.net the first great advantage you may find is the variety of languages the website is offering

Once you decide on the preferred language, you can create a free account [Sign Up]

Verification code will be sent to your e-mail, the phone number is required to fill the Sender Number entry when sending the messages.

Once the account is ready, you can log in [Login]

SureM is giving FREE 5 SMS to every new subscriber, you can send those to any country at your choice, no matter what the price is.

After you use the credits, you will need to make a payment to send more, but at least the 5 free ones are there so you are welcome to enjoy the treat!

E-mail : sureminternational@gmail.com

Sending SMS to Japan

The highest quality service at the best rates

• (1)Providing the service at highly competitive price
  • -7 JPY per message, volume discounts apply
• (2)SMS, Concatenated SMS (Long Message) service
  • -SMS service : 70 characters
  • -Concatenated SMS service : maximum 350 characters
• (3)Japan NPDB service
  • -SureM not only has their own Japan NPDB but also NPDB data from an associate provider in Japan. Message transmission time to the end users is much faster thanks to the NPDB.
• (4)"Premium Line" service
  • -Providing solution for SoftBank International SMS filtering
• (5)Sender ID registration
  • -You may send messages with the desired Sender ID (conditions may apply)

Message transmission in any language, consultation and customer support in Japanese

• (1)All languages supported
  • -You may send messages in English, Japanese, Chinese etc.
  • -Full multilingual coverage (send messages in any language to any country of the world).
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• (2)Prompt Response
  • -Our dedicated staff can provide a customer care and consultations in Japanese.
  • -Ensuring the best quality of service by promptly responding to enquiries.
• (3)Individual 1:1 Customer Management service (with designated Account Manager)
  • -Your personal Account Manager is always ready to assist on any possible enquiries and provide the information on successfully transmitted, non-transmitted messages, delivery rate and total indicators in a report, based real-time monitoring system and provide consultations based on the data.

Standard International Interface and Excel-based Tool support

• (1)Supporting the industry standard SMPP protocol
  • -SMPP v5 protocol supported
• (2)Interconnection for MMS service with MM4, MM7 interface
• (3)Providing Excel-based PC program, allowing message delivery using Excel data
  • -Excel-based program : X-messenger
  • -Send simultaneously up to 1 000 000 messages.
  • -Possible to send different personal information(Credit balance, Residual amount) with customized format
  • 
  • X-Messenger explanation short cut
• (4)HTTP/S interface supported

if you have any query, contact me

Michelle Seo ( Manager)
International Division
E-mail : seojiye@surem.com
Mobile : +8210-8334-8001

Sending MMS to Korea

Sending MMS to South Korea

Send MMS to South Korea

Send MMS to South Korea 

What is MMS 

 standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones over a cellular network. Users and providers may refer to such a message as a PXT, a picture message, or a multimedia message.

 

 

 

 

 

The advantage of MMS

Contents delivery more effectively
While SMS is a character limit, MMS is lengthy and ships with a variety of free content to the content delivery


The time / Cost savings
A simple operation can be crafted image, promote flyer printing and distribution, and that there is a minimum of 30% cost savings compared to
exposure rates than public relations and customer yuipryul High Flyer


can be utilized for various purposes

   Such as fashion apparel, cosmetics coupons, travel / leisure voucher, discount books, etc.

Sending SMS to China

Sending SMS to China

China

With population of 1.38 billion people (according to Wikipedia), China is now one of the main targets for messaging industry. Among others, cosmetics shops, plastic surgery clinics, Duty-free stores refer to China as their number 1 target market. 

But, unlike any other country, China has a great number of restrictions for the mobile content (and not only). There are a lot of peculiarities to consider before sending any messages to China.

** All messages sent to China must contain “Footer/Header”.

What is “Footer/Header”?

– For messages sent via A2P, it must be added to clarify the Sender

** Regardless of the nature of the message, its content and footer/header must be compliant with the regulations of SureM

1) Available SMS size and requirements for Footer/Header

• Up to 70 characters (including Footer/Header)
• Footer/Header: English/Chinese characters only (3~8 characters)
• Example : 【LGUPLUS】,【SUREM】,【韓國中國】
• 1 Footer/Header allowed per 1 ID

2) Requirements for message content:

1. Languages available: Korean, English, Chinese (or mixed)
2. Deprecating remarks of political nature are PROHIBITED
3. Refer to the “201604_Chinese route restrictions_v3” // Chinese regulatory word list

3) Note when sending advertising messages:

1. Can be delivered only from 9am to 5pm (receiver’s local time).
2. Messages sent during night time (5pm~9am) will be delivered at permitted hours of the next business day

4) Special Screening Period

– Important events during which Chinese character censorship has been made more severe than usual; it may accordingly affect the speed of message delivery

What is API ?

What is API?

API (Application Programming Interface) is a specification that explains on how systems interact or integrate with each other.SureM provides API suitable for development environment of each client. The interface can be customized by needs of client. We provide best service to client with various ways of integration including HTTP/S and SMPP.

Key Features

• API Specification Provision
• No set-up fee/monthly fee
• Delivery Report Provided

HTTP/S

Under HTTP/S, you can integrate your application to SureM using http protocol.

HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer ProtocolHTTPS – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure Socket Layer

SMPP

SMPP is industry standard for sending SMS to network providers.
Telecommunication industry use SMPP protocol for SMS between Short Message Service Center (SMSC) and/or External Short Messaging Entities (ESME).

SMPP – Short Message Peer-to-Peer

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• Solution
• API

Mobile Verification Service

Mobile Verification service

SMS Service

Mobile Verification service

 What is Mobile Verification service?

- A simple authentication method that determine the availability of the mobile phone number
and whether the user possess the number by issuing one-time authenticaiton code through phone.






Why Authentication service?

Offering one-stop service

a) Resolution of all certification procedure at a time including verification code request, creation, forwarding, confirmation

High security

a) After checking the input authentication code within 5minutes, offering pages that can reaffirms the certification

Simple interface method

a) Free technical consultation and support for introducint certification services

Identity authentication sercice flow

1. Verification code request (customer) 2. Verification code creation (SureM) 3. Verification code forwarding (SureM) 4. Verification code reception (Customer) 5. Enter the Verificatioin code (Customer) 6. Verification code confirmation (SureM)

This service could be a very imprortant process when you send the message to other people and received from.

Sender ID

What is Sender ID?

When you receive a message, what is the first thing you are looking at? The number it came from. It will happen unconsciously, as the text message and its meaning might differ depending on who you received ot.

About Sender ID

– Sender ID is the originated address of which the message comes from.- It is often the displayed sender on the mobile number.- Each country has its own sender ID restrictions

Sender ID can be

• 1. Alpha sender – Ex. SureM
• 2. Numeric sender – Ex. 8215884640
• 3. Alphanumeric sender ID – Ex. SureM123

Here are some examples of Sender ID regulations per country :

• 1. Korea
  • No alpha / alphanumeric sender ID allowed
  • Only numeric sender ID is allowed
  • Between 0 ~ 12 digits
• 2. India
  • Need to pre-register alpha Sender ID
  • Fixed 6 digits
  • Ex. SUREMC
• 3. China
  • Numeric only
  • Need to pre-register signature to be added at the bottom of the message

Ex ) Good day! Thank you using SureM Service. 【SureM】

Every country has different regulations regarding the Sender ID policy. To get a detailed consultation contact SureM.

Two way SMS

You can Send and receive (2 Way) SMS.

With SureM account, you can send and receive SMS on webs or through API.
In order to use 2 way SMS, you need a virtual number to send and receive SMS.
We are providing long codes and short codes as specific number. 

• Short Codes : Typically tends to be 5 digit numbers for the UK, Ireland and South Africa, 6 or 8 for Australia and 3 or 4 in New Zealand. Provided by mobile network operators.
• Long Codes : Typically tends to be 10~12 digit numbers like any other mobile numbers.

Key Features

• Offers short code and long code
• Instant response and real time reporting
• Sends automated response SMS to an incoming SMS
• Replies are stored in the portal inbox or forwarded to application API

Examples for 2 way SMS

1. SMS OPT-out
If customer does not want to receive promotional messages, customer just has to reply to an SMS message with the phrase "stop". 2. IP registration
Each company has its own intranet which does not allow external IP to access the protected URL or server. Instead of manually registering or whitelisting the accessing IP address, the users can register the accessing IP address by texting the IP address to the provided MO number. 3. Others
Media voting &competitions, opt-in & subscriptions requests, marketing campaigns, etcy

OPT - OUT

OPT - OUT

An opt-out is special feature (required in many countries) added to promotional messages, that allows handset users to unsubscribe from receiving any further SMS from the sender.
Typically, there are several forms of opt-out used in SMS industry :

1. MO SMS – in this case, the handset user may send a message as a reply to the number the original MT SMS was received from, saying something like “STOP”, “NO”, “UNSUBSCRIBE” etc. This type of opt-out is commonly used in China (TD, N, 0), Russia and many other countries.
2. Auto-response system – this option is used in South Korea. The government implemented a system where any company willing to send promotional messages must include an opt-out via Toll Free number beginning with 080-… The main point here, is that is the handset user is willing to unsubscribe from receiving any SMS in the future, the process of opting-out must be free for them. The companies renting 080 numbers are the ones paying for the service, so everyone (more or less) is happy.
3. Link in the body of the message  – “to opt-out from receiving any more news fromhttp://www.ournews.com please go to your personal page and choose the unsubscribe box” – this one is relatively popular as well. A lot of companies, especially e-commerce or online magazines / newsletters are bound to use this option simply because people who subscribe to the services are from different countries and following opt-out regulations for each and every one of them is extremely hard. But, in this case the chance of handset users raising a claim with their mobile carrier and the line getting blocked is very high as well.

In the end, the best way to make sure no laws are broken and the local government is not suing your company for harassing the citizens is to be a step ahead and get all information possible before entering any market with your SMS campaigns.