Editing Short Message Peer-to-Peer (section)

{{Short description|Protocol for transferring short messages}}
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'''Short Message Peer-to-Peer''' ('''SMPP''') in the telecommunications industry is an open, industry standard protocol designed to provide a flexible [[data communication]] interface for the transfer of [[short message service|short message]]<ref>[http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/0340.htm "GSM 03.40 Technical realization of the Short Message Service (SMS)"], ''3GPP'', 2003-12-03</ref> data between [[External Short Messaging Entity|External Short Messaging Entities]] (ESMEs), Routing Entities (REs) and [[Short Message service center|SMSC]].<ref name="smpp50">{{cite web| url = http://docs.nimta.com/smppv50.pdf| title = Short Message Peer-to-Peer Protocol Specification v5.0}}</ref>

SMPP is often used to allow third parties (e.g. [[value-added service provider]]s like news organizations) to submit messages, often in bulk, but it may be used for SMS peering as well. SMPP is able to carry [[Short Message Service|short messages]] including [[Enhanced Messaging Service|EMS]], [[voicemail]] notifications, [[Cell Broadcast]]s, [[Wireless Application Protocol|WAP]] messages including [[Wireless Application Protocol#WAP Push|WAP Push]] messages (used to deliver [[Multimedia Message Service|MMS]] notifications), [[Unstructured Supplementary Service Data|USSD]] messages and others. Because of its versatility and support for non-[[GSM]] SMS protocols, like [[UMTS]], [[IS-95]] (CDMA), [[CDMA2000]], [[IS-136|ANSI-136]] (TDMA) and [[iDEN]], SMPP is the most commonly used protocol for short message exchange outside [[Signalling System No. 7|SS7]] networks.