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Overview

AT&T GSMS’s Wireless Communications Transfer Protocol (WCTP) interface provides an interface for transmission and receipt of SMS messages from an WCTP application.

 

 

Access and Security

AT&T GSMS offers flexibility in connectivity models for WCTP applications to AT&T GSMS & CGP depending on your security requirements. Current options include:

 

•Direct connection over the internet, policed based on HTTP

 

•Application source IP address policing

 

 

Functionality

The AT&T GSMS WCTP interface is compliant with version 1.3 update 2 of the specification. Features of AT&T GSMS’s WCTP implementation include:

 

•2-way SMS messaging, including 'Receive From'

 

•1900 numbers

 

•Delivery reports (registered delivery)

 

•Sending plain text / binary messages

 

•Supports 'accepted by carrier', 'delivered to device', & replies

 

•Scheduling message delivery

 

•Defining validity period / expiry date

 

Note: Features not supported, phonebook and multi-messaging.