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Worldwide premium rate shortcode service required

A colleague of mine asked me today if I could recommend a company that provides premium rate shortcode services worldwide, especially with a focus in Africa, Asia and particularly China.

WPR were the first who came to mind. I also suggested mblox.com

Can you recommend any companies that can delivery worldwide premium SMS connectivity?

48 Responses to “Worldwide premium rate shortcode service required”

  • No one can.

    Simple as.

    Posted by njar on November 14th, 2006 at 1:49 pm.
  • Aye! But who’s got some good coverage?

    Posted by ewan on November 14th, 2006 at 1:52 pm.
  • for asia i’d start with i-pop. talk to colin
    http://www.i-pop.net/connectivity.htm

    Realistically the person asking the question, ‘who can provide global psms’ needs to be educated about why this is a pretty daft question!

    Posted by njar on November 14th, 2006 at 2:23 pm.
  • Try txtNation. Worked for me. Great reputation etc etc. Give them a try. I’ve pasted some info they sent me below…


    txtNation’s mBILL Platform (www.m-bill.net) provides unrivalled connectivity to a wealth of countries through one online API.

    Premium Billed Countries
    Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen.

    Note: txtNation generally operate on the highest available tariff in the country with outpayments normally around 50%, country specific. txtNation can also provide dedicated codes with your choice of tariff.

    Semi-Premium Billed Countries
    Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, China RP, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo(Dem Rep), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, French West Indies, Frensh West Indies, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guam, Guinea, Guinea - Bissau, Hong-Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Lao, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saipan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tchad, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United States, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Note: MO Billed through one dedicated LongCode, one API. Outpayments normally around 40%, charge to end user varies per country.

    Full real-time statistics, account balance, account settings available online in client administration area. Also txtNation provide a Microbilling platform encompassing the above which also include 240 countries premium rate phone call billing, worldwide credit card, digital wallet, bank transfer, cheque payment, also a solution that allows a one time registration for credit card to make credit card payments by SMS.

    Please contact txtNation on sales@txtnation.com for more details, or contact via http://txtnation.com/contact.php.

    Hope that helps guys

    Posted by aj on November 14th, 2006 at 3:14 pm.
  • “MO Billed through one dedicated LongCode”.

    Will somebody explain this please?

    steve procter

    Posted by steve procter on November 14th, 2006 at 9:23 pm.
  • I second mblox. We’re about to start working with these guys to provide message delivery for our new service and they seem to absolutely rock.

    Posted by Jennifer Koronis on November 15th, 2006 at 5:28 am.
  • Hi Ewan,

    I would recommend mBlox or netsize.com both are quite good. I think mBlox might offer more competitive pricing but netsize offers end user support in each country in the local language.

    They would need to get a shared keyword in each of the countries (this can be very expensive).

    Cheers,

    Amir
    +44 7970 49 6624
    http://www.txtfo.com

    Posted by Amir Ahmad on November 15th, 2006 at 6:21 pm.
  • Hi Ewan,

    I’d Try Opera, my Premium Rate SMS business supplies UK customers with SMS services for for non UK services I’d probably go to Opera.

    Kind Regards
    Premium Rate SMS Provider
    http://www.Phoneunmbers4u.co.uk

    Posted by Premium Rate SMS Provider on November 20th, 2006 at 10:36 pm.
  • I have used a company called txtNation for the last 2 years. Solid, reliable and good rates. I think they have an mBILL solution for shortcodes that would suit.

    Jim.

    Posted by James Hastings on December 1st, 2006 at 7:54 pm.
  • Still using txtNation for close to a year for all my premium and non-premium.
    Seem more customer focused.

    Pete

    Posted by Peter on February 6th, 2007 at 3:00 pm.
  • Hi all, i’m looking for Premium SMS Provider for Latin America, any recommendations? so far, i’ve contacted netsize & mblox, but they do not operate in Latin America. thanks!

    Posted by Steven on March 13th, 2007 at 4:35 am.
  • I am in need of a premium rate sms and shortcode provider for Ukraine / Russia but cant find anyone who supplies and manages these networks

    Posted by Sam on March 26th, 2007 at 12:18 pm.
  • hai
    i am looking international premium rate numbers and sms providers

    Posted by amir sohail on April 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 am.
  • Anybody knows http://www.clickatell.com.
    On Alexa.com I noticed that clicatell has about 10 times the traffic of Mblox. This does not necessary mean they are better, but I was wondering.

    Posted by Marco Sprenkels on April 12th, 2007 at 10:17 am.
  • re: I am in need of a premium rate sms and shortcode provider for Ukraine / Russia.
    Sam, there are several Russian companied which can help you:
    1. SDK - http://www.sdk.ru
    2. Inform Mobile - http://www.immo.ru

    Posted by tiler on April 12th, 2007 at 10:33 am.
  • I to am looking for a SMS provider in but in Turkey. One who can set up a short code auto response for a promotion. I did find someone in the UK who offered to do it but the cost was enormous.

    Posted by Bill on April 12th, 2007 at 4:51 pm.
  • We do have web enabled applications that we want to “interface” to SMS. Users would send an SMS to an (ideally) short code and our application process accordingly the received info and in turn will send back to the mobile the required informatión.

    This is initially for the Mexican market, we are currently looking for a company that can provide the short code, interface to one or more local operators and interfase thru the internet to our servers.

    Any comments are welcom, Thx.

    Posted by Edward Huixquic on April 14th, 2007 at 4:57 am.
  • we can provide good PSMS and Premium IVR solutions in Romania, Hungary, all Balkan area.

    Dan
    office@parlatel.ro

    Posted by Dan Boabes on April 24th, 2007 at 10:59 pm.
  • Hi,

    To give you a run down of my experiences with the aggregators I’ve had experience with

    Esendex - Terribly slow to deal with, limited coverage
    ZIM - fast to deal with UK / US / Canadian coverage
    Truesenses - Good european Coverage, long payout periods, small company.
    Jet Multimedia - Europe and Argentinan coverage, quite slow to deal with but very friendly.
    WPR - Impossibly slow to deal with, but good international coverage.

    Dan,

    http://www.freebiesms.co.uk

    Posted by Dan Anos on April 25th, 2007 at 8:35 pm.
  • I had very bad experiense with txtNation company. After the invoice was paid they had been trying to start the required service from February’07 withour any result. Thus I paid for the txtNation support but not for the service. But they don’t forget to send new invoices and very surprised when I’m not going to pay’em more. Think twice.

    Posted by tiler on May 18th, 2007 at 12:45 pm.
  • Hello all!
    I’m fooking for Premium SMS rate providers to cover the following countries (sort codes required):
    Germany
    Israel
    UK
    France
    Finland
    Latvia
    Litova
    Estonia
    United Arabian Emirates
    Netherlands
    Belgium
    Norway
    Swaziland
    Austria
    Sweden
    Portugal
    Spain
    Czech
    Bulgaria
    Hungary
    Ireland
    Slovakia
    Poland
    Denmark
    Italy
    I’ll be thakful for any advices.

    Posted by tiler on May 22nd, 2007 at 10:45 am.
  • Hello,

    I am looking for a Premium SMS Provider for Latin America, Chile and Peru in specific, for Mobile Content.

    Please drop me a messege @: nir.melamud@gmail.com

    Thanks.

    Posted by Nir on July 9th, 2007 at 1:46 pm.
  • A word of advice…

    AVOID TXTNATION LIKE THE PLAGUE!!

    Poor service,
    Poor uptime, (nowhere near the 99.99% offered)
    Charge end uers who mispell keywords!!!!!

    Posted by Paul on July 11th, 2007 at 1:07 pm.
  • Hello All,

    I am very interested in workig with mBlox, however cannot seem to get a sales rep to return my call. Does anyone there have a contact in sales? Need to get started and anything will help out much.

    Thanks!

    Posted by Tim N on July 13th, 2007 at 10:15 pm.
  • Hi,

    Just to add to the other statements here with regards to TXTNation my advice is DONT GO THERE! After 15 years in business I don’t think I have ever come across a worse supplier and their attitude to dealing with issues absolutely stinks. I will let you know how the court case gets that far!

    Posted by Mr Beresford on July 25th, 2007 at 1:30 pm.
  • Can anyone help me find a solution to this problem.I need a desktop-based software or system for news alert service.I want to start a news alert subscription service based on sale of recharge cards.
    The subscriber buys the card,scratch them to reveal a serial number generated by the sytem.
    following the instructions, the subscriber sms the serial number to a regular number in the system along with a code indicating their prefered service(sports,soccer,showbiz,business,news)
    My system receives the sms,authenticates the serial number as mine,stores their number,sends the subscriber a welcome message saying that they will get daily(1 to 10 times) news alerts of their prefered service for 30 days.
    the system also groups the subscribers according to their prefered service and number of days(which I will determine by the amount paid for subscription) and organised them to be sent bulk sms for 30 days.After 30 days their number is removed from the subscription list but remains in the database.

    The system should be structured in such a way as to have subscription list for 1 to 10 times daily all expiring in 30 days.

    Any one out there can design this system get in touch with me-nesta0071@yahoo.com

    Posted by 9jaman on August 10th, 2007 at 11:56 am.
  • I am having a terrible time with txtNation. No support and nothing works. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times I contact them because nothing ever gets puts right. All they seem interested in is selling me more products. Run like the wind from this company!!

    Posted by fed up customer on August 14th, 2007 at 4:14 pm.
  • We offer one number (0024898XXXX) format connected to receive SMS from around 180 operators worldwide, and each SMS received will generate you a certain small revenue (in cents) the same Long Code is also connected to be used for Voice IVR and also provide a good high revenue.

    Contact me on : robert.haddad@smartcomgsm.com

    Posted by Robert on September 5th, 2007 at 11:44 am.
  • Hi Robert,

    This is cool that you’ve got voice and SMS on the same number, but the issue is it’s not premium, and it relies on the home networks being able to terminate in the Seychelles and for users to accept paying for international call or sms rates - for a big brand they’d likely want to be able to tell users how much it was going to cost to call or text, and this I suspect would be very very tricky info to collate.

    Posted by njar on September 5th, 2007 at 3:07 pm.
  • You can visit this site http://www.mysmsaddress.com or http://www.virtualtextmessenger.com the service is fast price in higher volumes is good they claim 500+ networks with delivery reports with text and binary however I have not tested the binary

    John

    Posted by John Bolder on September 9th, 2007 at 6:53 am.
  • RE: I to am looking for a SMS provider in but in Turkey. One who can set up a short code auto response for a promotion. I did find someone in the UK who offered to do it but the cost was enormous.

    Posted by Bill on April 12th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    Hi all

    We can provide good PSMS and IVR solutions with competitive rates. Our head office is in Istanbul, Turkey. We serve Europe, Asia and US market. If you are interested plz email me at gladys.punzalan@tristit.com

    Cheers

    Posted by TRISTIT on September 15th, 2007 at 12:02 pm.
  • Can you suggest to have premium rate SMS & IVR in Dubai, UAE

    Posted by anto justus on September 15th, 2007 at 1:07 pm.
  • HI. Am looking for a company that provides shortcode services in Latin America.

    You can email me at rudy@chikka.com.

    Thanks!

    Posted by Rudy on September 27th, 2007 at 5:06 am.
  • Dear folks,

    I’m Ole from Norway. To my knowledge it’s not possible to run a siingle short code globally.
    We are using an MVNO called Spiderboss (www.spiderboss.com) and is located in Sweden. To stick to the topic, let me forward part of an email I got from them.

    “For Premium SMS we cover these countries:

    Middle East: Bahrain, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

    Americas: Mexico, USA, Canada

    Europe: Russia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

    Asia/Pacific: Australia, New Zealand, India, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Hong Kong, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Ukraine

    Africa: South Africa

    It’s an impressive list. Also, they are very fast responding.
    //Ole

    Posted by Ole S. on November 27th, 2007 at 8:06 am.
  • Whatever you do avoid textnation as per the previous posts.
    They are cowboys who promise the world but havent a clue.

    Posted by Steve Berenson on November 29th, 2007 at 4:01 am.
  • Ole, I’m try to contact Spiderboss but the email address stated in their website are not working. By chance, do you know any mail address to contact them? Thanks.

    Posted by KccM on December 5th, 2007 at 8:32 pm.
  • We are looking for sometimes but couldn’t find any good PSMS provider for the Asia region. A provider with business model/operate like Truesenses. Any input is much appreciated. Thanks.

    Posted by KccM on December 7th, 2007 at 4:35 pm.
  • Has anyone else had problems with txtnation billing system, as they keep on billing and then say the system has errors, and then do it again. Can anyone recommend a reputable premium sms company in United States?

    Posted by Karl Rugge on December 8th, 2007 at 12:58 pm.
  • Can anyone help me with getting short code for premium text sms in Thailand?

    PHONE:865 228 9133

    Thank you.

    Posted by Julia on December 9th, 2007 at 3:48 am.
  • Hi there, i need a premium sms solution for the Nigerian market can anybody help me with some info?

    Posted by Pixie on February 5th, 2008 at 7:46 pm.
  • Hi,can anyone recommend to me aggregator whom provide premium sms short code for taiwan urgently…thanks

    Posted by Alyster on February 19th, 2008 at 5:06 pm.
  • can anyone reconmend any aggregator for Hong Kong?

    Posted by Alyster on March 17th, 2008 at 7:01 pm.
  • Hi Can any one recommend a supplier of PSMS in South Korea?

    Posted by Anthony Rees on March 24th, 2008 at 9:22 am.
  • im looking for an aggregator in phillipenes

    Posted by phill on April 7th, 2008 at 1:46 am.
  • I can help with most places but I do focus on New Zealand and Australia

    Posted by Mark Shaw on April 10th, 2008 at 9:35 pm.
  • Hi, For Latin America, Spain and Portugal, NVIA a Spanish Company is one of the best PSMS provider. I recommend you NVIA. http://www.nviasms.com.

    Sandro

    Posted by Sandro on April 14th, 2008 at 4:19 pm.
  • I need to make urgent contact with a company offering premium SMS services in Nigeria. I have a mandate to deliver a product for a TV and radio sports show in the south-west of Nigeria. Any ideas?

    Reach me on +2348060894427, +2348084144146 or +2347055151788

    mikhailng@yahoo.com, sports.bses@gmail.com

    Posted by Tosin Oso on April 18th, 2008 at 4:17 pm.
  • I need access to shortcode (PSMS) in Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukrainia and Israel. The SMS services will be run on TV. Especially Serbia is very important. Hope anyone can help.

    Erik Bjørnsen

    eab@wirelessfactory.com

    Posted by Erik on April 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pm.

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