What is Premium SMS?
Premium sms message or psms is where you send a text message to a special premium sms number and you are charged more than 25 cents for the message. Depending on the service, you may be charged anywhere between 25 cents and $5 and you can either be charged when you send the message or when you receive a message from a premium sms number. This amount will appear on your mobile phone bill. mymobilephone.com.au use premium sms to order ringtones and pictures.
A. Premium SMS, also known as Reverse Billing, SMS Billing and Text Message Billing is a payment method. It allows you to charge customers from their mobile phone without the need for a credit card. The customer sends an SMS (text message) to one of our SMS short code numbers, and receives an Access Code. At this point the customer’s phone bill is charged and the revenues are credited to your Pay2access account. Pay2access supports payment by Premium SMS in several countries, as well as Credit Card, from any country worldwide.
To put up a billing SMS Service, you need to possess a Premium SMS shortcode (a short mobile phone number). Messages send or received via such a shortcode will be paid by the end user. Dependent of the service there will be charged a Premium SMS tariff. (For more information about the tariffs, contact us.
Premium SMS or PSMS is a mechanism whereby the mobile phone user or end user pays a premium for either sending or receiving a text message. The premium charge is billed on his mobile phone bill or deducted from his prepaid credit. A portion of this premium charge is shared with the content/application provider (the ‘outpayment’).
