SMS Contests, SMS Information Services, and SMS Subscription Services
Use our solutions to run SMS contests or operate your own SMS information services and SMS subscription services. Simple and affordable.
The complete solution for operating your own SMS services.
Over 90% of Swiss households have a mobile phone. This high penetration rate makes SMS an attractive and important channel. That’s why companies across a wide range of industries use our SMS service to communicate and provide information quickly and easily.
Use text messages to strengthen customer loyalty and increase your sales.
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SMS Contests
There are numerous ways to run SMS contests. That’s why aligning our services with your communication goals is always at the heart of our efforts.
Applications
Running simple SMS contests, sweepstakes with instant prizes, SMS-internet contests, SMS voting, SMS quizzes, and SMS responses.
Example
Send an SMS with “KEYWORD” to 963. In response, you will receive a personal win code. Enter this code on a landing page. You will immediately see if and what you have won.
SMS Information Services
With the info service, stored information can be retrieved individually via SMS. You can also customize the text messages to be sent.
Applications
Easily and reliably retrieve information about weather, road conditions, sports results, events, etc.
Example
Send “KEYWORD” via SMS to 963 and receive, for example, the latest regional weather forecast for a ski resort (one-time fee of CHF 0.40 per SMS).
SMS subscription services
With the SMS subscription service, your customers, target groups, and members sign up using the command “START SUBSCRIPTION” and a keyword. This allows you to send paid information via SMS to all registered mobile numbers, either immediately or at a scheduled time. You always have full control, as you can manage your SMS services yourself via the internet.
Applications
Send SMS messages with a wide variety of content: club activities, road conditions, sports results, hazards, weather, speed camera alerts, special business promotions, events, and information to school classes, clubs, associations, sports teams, and other organizations, as well as newsletter distribution to customers, etc.
Example
Text “START SUBSCRIPTION KEYWORD” to 963 and receive the latest updates directly on your cell phone. (Subscription: CHF 0.40 per SMS received).
Examples of how our customers use SMS services
We support companies and public organizations of all sizes worldwide with SMS services. Our customers come from a wide variety of industries. They use SMS for information or marketing purposes. Learn more here about the most important areas of application.
Feldschlösschen | Cardinal
SMS Contest
In the Cardinal Draft contest, participants sent an SMS with a keyword to 963. In response, they received a personal win code. They entered this code on a Feldschlösschen landing page. They could see immediately whether they had won and what they had won.
Zermatt Tourism
SMS Information Service
The tourism destination offers various helpful SMS services via eCall. For example, current weather information (temperature/wind) for Zermatt, Klein Matterhorn, Schwarzsee, Rothorn, and Gornergrat. Guests text “ZERMATT WETTER” to 963, ensuring they stay well-informed at all times in the Valais.
Municipality of Berikon
SMS Subscription Service
Customer service is a top priority in the Aargau municipality of Berikon. That’s why the administration offers residents a free SMS service. It uses this service to regularly communicate important news from the municipality. A text message to 963 is all it takes for a resident to register.
Nivea
SMS Contest
We provided the backend platform for the Nivea “Care for Your Country” contest. Thanks to eCall, participation via the internet and SMS is simple and hassle-free.
Pepsi Cola
SMS Contest
The beverage company Pepsi announced its contest called “Do You Like This Cola?” Participants were asked to try the cola and send their personal rating to the short code 963. Participation was also possible at major Swiss train stations.
Skai | Migros
SMS Contest
Want to win a single lesson at the BodyFlying facility in Rümlang (Canton of Zurich) worth 100 CHF? A piece of gum and eCall made it possible. What did you have to do? Simply send an SMS with the code “SKAI” to the short code 963.
Municipality of Saas Fee
SMS subscription service
This well-known tourist destination offers a helpful SMS subscription service for traffic safety. Through subscription-based updates from the Saas Valley regarding road openings and closures, guests and locals stay informed at all times. Simply text “START ABO SAAS STRASSE” to the number 963 to register.
CityRing Lucerne
SMS Subscription Service
In mid-2010, an SMS information service regarding the traffic situation in the CityRing Lucerne became available to interested parties. It provided updates if roads were not open on time at 6 a.m. on weekdays, if road closures were scheduled for weekends, and if special traffic diversions or other events were taking place in the CityRing.
Your benefits at a glance
- Fast and easy
- Short delivery times
- Flexible online statistics
- Clear online administration
- Expert support
- Reliability thanks to redundant SMS servers
- Swiss quality provider
- Over 30 years of experience in the Swiss market
Try out all of eCall’s features with no obligation.
Paolo Pappalardo
Sales Manager Business Messaging
[email protected]
T +41 44 787 30 70
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