08 June 2009

FromSMS Gets Binary Support,
Has Users In Over 100 Countries!

FromSMS Client 2.0 has just been made available as a free download on www.fromsms.net. The new FromSMS Client offers support for sending of binary messages (like service messages, links, vCards, internet access points etc).

This feature makes FromSMS the most versatile SMS messaging interface available!

Fromdistance’s two-way web/SMS service FromSMS has users from over 100 countries.

FromSMS turns Nokia S60 compatible devices into SMS messaging interfaces for any web application, without need for tangled data cables.

Thousands of web developers and service providers from all continents have adopted the service and are using it for wide range of applications.

Thousands of web developers and service providers from all continents have adopted the service and are using it for wide range of applications.

Equally important, the only cost for sending messages from web application are the charges of the mobile operator the developer has chosen – Fromdistance offers open message sending interface for free.

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The innovation behind FromSMS goes well back in time.

“Precisely 10 years ago, my team at Wapit Ltd. launched Kannel, an open source SMS and WAP gateway. Back then, I wouldn’t have imagined how relevant a new approach to web/SMS interface would be a decade later”, says Jouko Vierumäki, CEO and founder of Fromdistance – and CTO of Wapit in 1999.

“Huge number of web applications can take the advantage of SMS interface. Fromdistance hasn’t used any marketing money to promote FromSMS – and still it has found its users from all over the world”, he continues.

“FromSMS service was inspired by our own needs. Having customers in many countries and end users all over the world, we often encountered issues with SMS roaming, character encoding and restrictions of socalled short numbers. As many web applications can benefit from SMS messaging interface, we decided to make FromSMS available for everybody”, says Jouko Vierumäki, CEO of Fromdistance.