What is SMSC or SMS Center ?
Have you ever called your mobile customer care while you face problems in sending or receiving SMS ? If you have done so, then you might have been told few things about SMSC! Specifically, customer care executives must have asked you to check message center number in your mobile! Which you normally check by going to Messages, and then going to Message Options. There you see a Message Center Number!
Now that is the SMSC or SMS Center. When you are sending an SMS to your friend, actually you are sending the SMS to this SMSC! SMSC receives your SMS along with the information where you are sending, and SMSC in turns delivers the SMS to the recipient, which is the mobile number of your friend! Once SMSC delivers the SMS to your friend’s mobile, it gives you a delivery report!
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