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TextMagic’s Open-Source SMS API Libraries Enable Any Application to Connect to 700 Global Networks

Cambridge, UK - TextMagic, Ltd. (www.textmagic.com), a provider of online text messaging solutions for businesses, developers and consumers, announced today the release of its new Bulk SMS Gateway API. TextMagic’s new API will will facilitate innovation by developers to integrate text messaging services into new and existing web and back-office custom applications, potentially reaching more than three billion active SMS text message service users.

“TextMagic’s SMS Gateway API now helps developers capitalize on the continually expanding text messaging market by allowing them to enhance existing applications or create new custom text messaging applications to cost-effectively send and receive SMS messages, check the delivery status of text messages previously sent and more,” said Priit Vaikmaa, marketing manager of TextMagic Ltd. “Developers can also send large group text messages, build 2 Way SMS systems, communicate in any language and create sub-accounts to manage multiple API users, among other capabilities. The API is user-friendly and we anticipate it will be used widely by developers.”

Developers can connect to TextMagic’s Bulk SMS Gateway using the HTTP API or Email to SMS service. To help developers new to TextMagic’s software and framework, the company has published a detailed, searchable online manual at http://api.textmagic.com. The manual includes descriptions of commands illustrated with examples and includes testing hints.

In addition to the release of the new API, TextMagic is further facilitating the integration of text messaging into software applications with the release of open-source client libraries prepared for Java, Ruby, Python, Perl and PHP. The libraries take over the responsibility of communication with the API and serve as text messaging middleware which is both well documented and easy to install. Since its launch, the initiative has been welcomed by developers and soon will be extended to other popular programming languages.

“We’re excited to see how developers will capitalize on our software’s functionality and network to create applications that uniquely meets the needs of developers and businesses,” said Vaikmaa. “We also look forward to continuing to enhance the API based on feedback from developers.”

To begin using the TextMagic Bulk SMS Gateway API, developers can apply for a free trial, or buy SMS credits at http://www.textmagic.com/products/api.

24-hour support is available to developers via email, live chat, telephone, fax and the TextMagic SMS Gateway API Google Group. Complete contact information for TextMagic’s technical support team is available at http://api.textmagic.com.

Founded in 2001, TextMagic Ltd. is an independent privately owned UK registered company and a leader in web-based text messaging solutions for businesses, developers and consumers. The company has helped hundreds of companies change the way they talk to their customers and employees, offering an inexpensive, secure and scalable way to add SMS messaging to their business communication arsenal. For more information, visit http://www.textmagic.com/products/api.