Abstract
The project on the topic “design and implementation of computerized SMS portal” aims at making the reader to understand the concept
of SMS portal and portal in general. When portal is mentioned, it is very wide, but this paper is intended to concentrate mainly on the SMS
portal. This research work has enlighten more on the concept of portal systems, personal portals, cultural portals, co-operate portals,
tenders portals, hosted web portals, search portals, stock portals, domain-specific portals, government web portals, and desirable
features of portals. Both existing and new systems are carefully analyzed and more advantage of the new one over the old indicate that
the problems encountered in the existing system such as untimely delivery of messages, unsecured information and unreliable storage
will be brought to rest. Base on the complexity of the system, it is recommended that the system administrator should be well trained on
the eective management of the system database and the entire portal, the system network should be well installed, and subscription
made to a reliable internet service provider, with suitable data plan. The web portal should be updated regularly to gain fast internet
services, which enhance fast delivery of information or messages. The system is designed with Php soware, and should be adopted by
the Christ embassy Ishiagu, Ebonyi for its eective short message sending.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of Study
Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of phone, Web, or mobile communication systems. It uses
standardized communications protocols to allow fixed line or mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages. SMS was the most
widely used data application, with an estimated 3.5 billion active users, or about 80% of all mobile phone subscribers at the end of 2010.
The term “SMS” is used for both the user activity and all types of short text messaging in many parts of the world. SMS is also employed in
direct marketing, known as SMS marketing.
SMS as used on modern handsets originated from radio telegraphy in radio memo pagers using standardized phone protocols. These
were defined in 1985 as part of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) series of standards as a means of sending messages
of up to 160 characters to and from GSM mobile handsets. Though most SMS messages are mobile-to-mobile text messages, support for
the service has expanded to include other mobile technologies, such as well as satellite and landline networks.
SMS portal is a web system that provides the functions and features to identify the users or members and provide them with easy,
intuitive, and personalized information and services that are of primary relevance and interests to them. Hence, the main purpose of
setting up a SMS portal is to bring the vast information and service resources available from the source or the portal administrator to
many concerned members in an effective manner.
In the Christ embassy there is need to have a portal that will aid the sharing of different information timely