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Our current customers have been enjoying the benefits of 2-way SMS for quite some time now, but we find that new customers are more used to 1way promotional (and/or transactional) services, where they just “fire and forget” thousands of messages, perhaps missing a key opportunity to improve their relations with their customers and extend their business with 2way SMS.

In this post we are going to explore what exactly is 2-way SMS, what it offers, and describe the top 5 main reasons to implement it in your company.

5 Reasons Why 2-Way SMS Improves Your Customer Relations - PortaText Our current customers have been enjoying the benefits of 2-way SMS for quite some time now, but we find that new customers are more used to 1way promotional (and/or transactional) services, where they just “fire and forget” thousands of messages, perhaps missing a key opportunity to improve their re...

In previous posts like “Unicode in your SMS: Emojis and Non-English Characters” we discussed how using different encodings to send your messages will also change the way they are billed.

Today, we are going to dig a bit more (way more) deep into the subject in order to clarify why it works like this, and what to expect when sending messages with different characters and encodings.

Length is important! How SMS are segmented and billed - PortaText In previous posts like “Unicode in your SMS: Emojis and Non-English Characters” we discussed how using different encodings to send your messages will also change the way they are billed. Today, we are going to dig a bit more (way more) deep into the subject in order to clarify why it works like this...

It has gradually declined alongside the rise of WhatsApp and other messaging apps - yet with hundreds of millions of texts still being sent and received in Singapore, Short Message Service looks set to survive.

Why do we still SMS? It has gradually declined alongside the rise of WhatsApp and other messaging apps - yet with hundreds of millions of texts still being sent and received in Singapore, Short Message Service looks set to survive.

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TCPA: The Next Wave of Class Action Lawsuits Asserts Consumer’s Right to Withdraw Consent to Receive Text Messages | JD Supra Last year, we warned large and small companies about the proliferation of class action lawsuits brought by plaintiffs alleging violations of the New...

Companies are competing in a world where more people have a mobile phone than a toilet or toothbrush. In this mobile-minded age, one of the most powerful ways for businesses to engage and retain customers is through short message service (SMS) and/or multimedia message service (MMS).

Four Reasons Why Smart Business Owners Love SMS and MMS Today, companies are competing in a world where more people have a mobile phone than a toilet or toothbrush. In this mobile-minded age, one of the most powerful ways for businesses to engage and re…

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The benefits of mobile marketing can help small-scale business owners reach to extended audience and get a larger audience for the business.

How Small Business Owners Can Leverage Mobile Marketing Benefits Mobile marketing is certainly not a new term; however, a number of businesses are still lacking the ...

At PortaText we are proud to be continuously improving our product with exciting new features and services, and today is no exception.

Our platform will now allow you to send and receive SMS messages through your own company number. How cool is that?

If you have a US number, whether it’s a local, national, or toll free number, that your clients know, are accustomed to, and can easy relate to your company , you can make use of the power of SMS messages to stay in touch with them through that very same number.

This means that you can send them alerts, notifications, reminders, and also receive their responses, essentially chatting with them via SMS.



Adding SMS capabilities to your current company number - PortaText At PortaText we are proud to be continuously improving our product with exciting new features and services, and today is no exception. Our platform will now allow you to send and receive SMS messages through your own company number. How cool is that? If you have a US number, whether it’s a local, na...

We’ve been working on this for quite some time now, and we’re absolutely happy to announce that after a lot of work, and closing a few deals with some major carriers, we are now offering 2 way SMS (that’s inbound & outbound messages) through local Argentina numbers!

2-Way SMS now available in Argentina! - PortaText We’ve been working on this for quite some time now, and we’re absolutely happy to announce that after a lot of work, and closing a few deals with some major carriers, we are now offering 2 way SMS (that’s inbound & outbound messages) through local Argentina numbers! This means that you can now fully...

Brazil implements natural disaster alert system via SMS

Mobile phone users will receive an SMS alert in the event of imminent natural disasters.

A pilot project will be activated initially in 20 municipalities of Santa Catarina, where about 500,000 inhabitants live.

These cities were chosen due to meteorological events with potential for accidents, among them windstorms, floods, and hail.

Brazil implements natural disaster alert system via SMS The Brazilian population will have until the end of this year access to a new system of warning of risks of floods, storms, danger of landslides, among others. Mobile phone users will receive an SMS alert in the event of imminent natural disasters. The warnings will be given by Cenad (National Cente...

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About The PortaText Team We are a company located in Doral, FL, USA, dedicated to enable businesses to send and receive SMS messages to connect with their clients in the entire planet, in a super easy way. We offer a great REST API, an awesome User Panel and customer service.

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