priya_2001

Hi sajokj, But how will you charge people for those ringtones or games?

So, were you able to find the formalities for Reliance (or any other operator)? I had posted a similar topic here.

Thanks Arun, that is exactly what I had been looking for. Yes, you can do that with your own mobile number, where you can may be connect the phone to the computer and using some software get the commands from users like NEWS and then reply them with the latest NEWS. But this won't work as a business model, you will be providing a free service to the users, they SMS using their operators, thus their operators charge them and you get nothing. While if you talk to the operator and make some partnership or pay them (I don't know how it works) then the operator can serve as your payment gateway. So, if you set the price for a ringtone rs. 7 or 10, the operator charges the customer and pays some % to you (I don't know howdo they fix it). Same goes with the amount charged for each SMS sent for other services like News, score, etc. I just wanted to share the info with people who doesn't know about it. If you or someone else know more about it, please let me know. Thanks

Thanks for replying Ganesh and sajokj. Actually, what I wanted to know was how do these guys get a particular number? say if someone wants to start their own service, with a number 4343 (supposing it doesn't exist already) where people could text News to 4343 and then they get the latest news as a reply, or say they text Mono CODE to 4343 and then get the paid ringtone back. So, I was wondering how can one get such a number from Reliance (or Orange, Airtell, Idea...etc.) Thanks

Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to post this message, but I thought only experts can answer this. I want to know how can someone get the special service code number for Reliance (or any other operator)? By service code number I mean the numbers like 8888, 7777 where people can send sms to get some kind of service or ringtone etc. for example mauj.com has 7007 where anybody can sms them to get themes and wallpapers. hope someone know this. thank you