Corporate applications that use the Short Message Service are currently few and far between. Most of the SMS messaging volumes are generated by consumer applications. The reasons are the older age of corporate mobile phone users and their lower price sensitivity, particularly since mobile phones bills are usually paid by the company. Corporate users are less willing to learn how to and make the effort to send a short message- they tend to use voice as their primary communications method.

The main corporate applications based on SMSbenefit are:

• Inter office queries
• Account balances
• Inventory levels
• Product news flashes
• Bill cancellations
• Order confirmation
• System audit
• Branch queries
• Production figures
• Client communication
• Sales summary
• Remote commands
• Appointment alerts
• Security locks
• Thank you messages
• Birthday greetings