Send SMS to South Africa. CardBoardFish provides high quality text messaging services to South Africa.
Protocols:
Bulk SMS messages can be submitted in one of several ways:
- HTTP POST or GET
- Perl, PHP, Java, .NET, Python API
- CIMD2
- SMPP 3.3/3.4
- UCP/EMI
A number of off the shelf SMS solutions are also available:
- Windows SMS Server
- Email2SMS
- Desktop SMS senders: Mac OS X widget, Java application for Linux/UNIX, Windows application with Internet Explorer toolbar
- Web Based Batch Sender
Incoming SMS (MO) to receive text messages is also available for South Africa.
Supported Features:
- Custom validity period
- Unicode UCS2
- Ability to set alpha or numeric sender id (originator address) dynamically
- GSM character support
- Concatenated (Long) messages
- Throughput of 100+ SMS/second
- Binary support for WAP push, ringtones, logos, vcards
- Delivery reports with GSM error codes
South Africa SMS Network Coverage:
CardBoardFish has verified that it can send text messages to the following networks in South Africa:
| Operator | Network & Alternative Names | Technology |
|---|---|---|
| Cell C (Pty) Ltd | Cell C Virgin (virtual) | GSM 1800 |
| MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd. | MTN - Mobile Telephone Network | GSM 900 |
| Vodacom Group Pty Ltd. | VodaCom | GSM 900 |
| Telkom SA Ltd | Telkom South Africa | GSM 1800/3G |
Network coverage last updated: Thu May 17 07:51:24 2012
South Africa HLR Coverage:
Using our HLR lookup service you can identify old, invalid and ported mobile numbers on the following networks:
| Operator | Network & Alternative Names | Technology |
|---|---|---|
| MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd. | MTN - Mobile Telephone Network | GSM 900 |
Access to the HLR service is available via a web based account for uploading number lists, or via HTTP request for integration into your own systems.
The CardBoardFish Difference:
- Support 24 x 7 x 365 by real people, the same people that create our products and run our company. Nobody is too senior to answer your questions.
- We strive to connect to more SMS operators than any other aggregator, for maximum choice and failover.
- We know our industry inside and out, maintaining hundreds of industry contacts gained through years of experience and cooperation.
- Our in house development team has pioneered the creation of hundreds of industry leading technologies including sophisticated route monitoring, automatic message failure investigation and accurate mobile identification. We always know the status of our services at any given moment.
- Trusted to provide a reliable and confidential service by clients including the British Cabinet Office, H.M. Treasury and Galileo International.
- We are willing to help with ideas, no matter how complex or difficult to implement. For us, nothing is impossible.
- We know our prices are the lowest available for a comparable service.







