a powerful and easy to use activex that can be used to read/delete sms, send wap push and send text messages in english or in unicode supported languages using gsm modems/mobile phones connected to serial port via data cable, bluetooth or infrared. features: * supports any etsi gsm 07.05/07.07 compatible gsm modems such as wavecom, nokia, sony-ericsson, siemens, motorola etc and mobile phones having a modem and that supports at commands such as nokia, sony-ericsson, motorola, siemens, samsung etc. * very high speed in sending of messages (8-10 sms per minute depending upon various factors like network gsm modem speed, network congestion, network speed etc). * supports several communication modes such as serial port, bluetooth and infrared. * reading and setting of gsm modem/phone parameters such as battery level and smsc number, sim pin etc. * supports regular text messages i.e. 160 character length messages with 7-bit character (default gsm alphabet) encoding * supports text messages with 8-bit ansi encoding (140 character messages) * supports unicode (16-bit ucs2) text messages (70 character messages in international languages like hindi, chinese, german, french etc. * supports concatenated text messages. * supports sending flash (alert) messages that are immediately displayed on destination phone screen. * delivery reports of sms sent (not supported in some gsm phones/modems). * supports sending of extra commands to modem (similar to a terminal). with these feature, your software can send any type of command which may be useful for your application such as modem initialization command etc. * supports sending of sms in local (national) as well as international numbering format. * can specify validity period of the text message. * allows setting of time interval between two consecutive short messages to avoid sms delivery failure during network congestion.