Sending SMS messages via the OVHcloud Control Panel

Objective

You can send SMS messages directly via the OVHcloud Control Panel. This guide gives step-by-step instructions on how to send your first SMS messages.

Requirements

• an OVHcloud SMS account with SMS credits

OVHcloud Control Panel Access

• Direct link: SMS management
• Navigation path: Telecom > SMS > Select your SMS account

Instructions

The "Send an SMS" field is the first item available in the list of actions.

Step 1: Configure the sender and recipient.

Once you have landed on the sending page for SMS messages, you will have different settings to enter, in order to adapt your SMS sending to suit your needs.

For the SMS sender (1), you can either select a short number that allows recipients to send back replies (available for OVHcloud accounts in France only), or you can set an alpha-numeric sender name. Next, enter the recipient phone number (2) in international format (+44xxxxxxxxxx). For further information on how to create a sender, please refer to Step 3: Choose an SMS sender.

You can also send SMS messages to multiple recipients. There are two methods for doing this:

• Via a list of recipients in .csv format, via the "Manage recipients" button. For further information on this, you can refer to our guide on SMS recipient lists.

• By creating an address book (3). You can do this directly via the OVHcloud Control Panel, or import one as a .csv or .txt file. Feel free to refer to our guide on managing SMS address books for further information.

Step 2: Compose your SMS message.

Once you have selected a sender and entered your recipients, you can now start composing your message.

Type your message in the box (1). You will see a counter showing the number of characters used, and the number of corresponding SMS messages (2).

The two tables below list the characters that are authorised in 7bit encoding. The characters in the "Extensions" table count as double.

The maximum size of an SMS message is 160 characters in 7bit encoding (GSM 03.38 standard).

If you use characters that do not appear in these tables, the encoding with switch to Unicode, reducing the maximum size of an SMS message to 70 characters.

Advanced options

In this section, you can either send messages immediately, or set up delayed sending (1).

Three sending formats (Standard/Flash/Sim) are also visible (2) but this feature is deprecated.

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