Applications
It is only 160 characters that a single SMS contains but it has numerous applications.
By its very nature SMS can be used to communicate in almost real time and
to the person directly. There are really endless possibilities where SMS can be used.
Following list is a just small indicator.
• Banking & Financial Service
- A/c balance alerts & enquiry
- Payment & due date reminders
- Salary deposits
- EMI alerts
- Funds credit & debit
- Cheque bounce
- Online payment transfer confirmations
- Credit limit exceed/ minimum balance non maintenance
- Change in bank policies, charges
- Opening of new branches, ATMs
- Launch of new services, facilities
- Cheque book request
- Online & credit card transaction alerts
- Customer feedback
- Complaint status
• Stock Broking
- Portfolio status
- Trading confirmations & requests
- Trading tips
- High-Low/ Maximum-Minimum stock price points alerts
- Market index status
• News Updates
- Breaking news updates
- Time specific news updates
- Profile and choice based news alerts
- Local/ area wise news & utility updates
- Weather updates
- Paid news update services
- Interactive news forums
- Event specific live news broadcast
• Retail
- Inventory status alerts
- Automatic order placements with vendors
- Order confirmations
- Receiving orders from registered customers
- Reward points status
- Offer updates
- Lead generation
- Feedback/ complaint platform
- Contests & regional campaigns
- New item arrivals
- Sales & other promotions
• Information Technology
- Server down emergency alerts
- Hardware failure alerts
- Transaction error notifications
- Server errors, configuration error updates
- SMS based web & server controls
• Human Resource & Placement services
- Interview notifications to candidates
- Resume/ job profile match alerts
- Job fairs
• Entertainment & Media
- Live contests & voting
- Ringtones & song downloads
- Program change alerts
- New movie, album release
- Ticket booking & confirmations
- Interactive campaigns
- Viral publicity
• Sports
- Tournament updates
- Result & score notifications
- Timetable/ match updates
- Ticket bookings
- Contests
• Education
- Result updates to students & parents
- Fees updates & reminders
- Exam schedules
- Campus interview alerts
- Parent-Teacher meet & event notifications
- Updates in correspondence learning courses
- Notice updates to staff
- Admission confirmation
- Automated brochure emailing
• Logistics
- Consignment status
- Delivery confirmation
- Delay updates
- Courier pick-up requests
• Health Care & Pharmaceutical
- Drug expiry updates
- Regular Check-up reminders
- Health & wellness tips
- Emergency call for doctors
- Appointment alerts
- Drug stock alerts
• Real Estate
- Property search & availability
- Project construction status
- Installments/ payment reminders
- New scheme launch notifications
- Lead generation
• Automotive
- Scheduled service due alerts
- Vehicle bill & ready notification
- EMI, insurance policy renewal updates
- Dealer updates
- Vehicle check-up camps
- New vehicle launch
• Functions & Events
- Ticket booking
- Viral publicity
- Event time, address, seat number updates
- Sending personalized invitations
- Sending ‘Thank You’ messages