Building and Testing USSD and SMS Applications




Building and Testing USSD and SMS Applications

In this course, you will have the opportunity to learn how USSD apps are related the GSM network. The course covers how to build menu driven USSD apps and how to integrate it with different types of SMS such as shortcode, branded SMS and premium SMS. USSD menu navigation will cover, go back, go forward, go to main menu and detecting invalid entries.

The course will teach you how design and build apps, which will deliver services to any type of phone - including feature phones. It also teaches you how to choose an SMS and USSD gateway as well as how to monetize you USSD skills (especially for entrepreneurs).

This course is hands on and throughout it, we will build a complete mobile money application based on USSD using PHP, MySQL. In addition, throughout the course we use other tools such as Postman, Composer, Ngrok, apache web server and USSD simulator as well as the HTTP protocol.

In summary, the course is organized into the following sections:

  • Introduction to USSD and SMS Applications

  • Introduction to PHP programming language and HTTP protocol

  • Building and Testing USSD Application Menu

  • Adding application functionality or logic to the USSD Menus

  • Adding SMS functionality to the USSD application – two-way, branded, and premium SMS

  • Moving from SANDBOX environment to LIVE environment

  • Monetizing USSD and SMS Applications

Deliver your applications to the end user on USSD and SMS using PHP and MySQL

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What you will learn
  • Uses of USSD applications
  • Relationship between USSD applications and mobile network operators (MNO)
  • Types of SMS - Two-way SMS (shortcode), Premium SMS (selling content to users using SMS) and branded SMS (sender ID/alphanumeric)

Rating: 4.54545

Level: All Levels

Duration: 12.5 hours

Instructor: Dr. Derdus Kenga


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