A2P Messaging Providers

Posted by Heema Hingrajia on March 27th, 2020

What is A2P Messaging:

We are all familiar with P2P messaging. With growing demand of instant customer connect, telecom operators gradually opened the messaging pipeline for agreegators in order to monetize their telecom resource. Entry of agreegators created opportunity for multiple use cases such as Voting, Feedback, Alerts, Notifications, Offers and most popular OTP. Any message originated with the help of Application and meant for mobile equipment held by a person is called A2P messaging. This market is growing rapidly and growth potential is remarkable.

A large amount of traffic is generated from social media platforms such as Facebook,Twitter, LinkedIn etc. In 2017 alone, 1.67 trillion A2P messages were sent out. This number increased to about 1.7 trillion in 2018, and by 2022, it is estimated that A2P SMS traffic will grow to 2.8 trillion.

A2P messaging has proven to be very effective and efficient way of communication for brand engagement and widely used by enterprises for building strong customer relation and leveraging customer loyalty. Mobile verification and OTP are widely used by banks and other financial institutions to avoid any possible fraud in day to day transaction.

How to get A2P connectivity:

A2P connectivity is availble from agreegator and even operators are willing to share their bandwidth for high volume enterprises. All you need to ensure that you have necessary technology in place to connect with their SMSC. Majority of service providers prefer and connection over SMPP (Short Message Peer to Peer). In case of non availability of necessary expertise, a ready to use on-premise or loud solution can be rented or purchased.

List of leading A2P Messaging Gateway Provider:

Sinch
Route Mobile
Karix
Value First
Infobip
Twillio
Message Bird
NTH Mobile

How to get software for A2P messaging

Majority of A2P messaging gateway providers offer white-lebel reseller interface for bulk messaging. If you want a personalized platform for the shake of data security and other regulatory compliance, you can reach our team at Power SMPP for a turn key solution. Our turn key solution is available for banks, e-commerce companies and other high volume agreegators.