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What Is A Short Message Service (SMS)? 

Short Message Service is more commonly called SMS and refers to text messaging services in phone, internet, and mobile systems. SMS is also often called texting, usually on mobile phones and devices to communicate short messages. SMS is used for personal and increasingly for business communication. It is becoming a common channel for contact centers to provide convenient, asynchronous communication with customers.  

 

Benefits of SMS in Contact Centers 

There are several benefits to using SMS in contact centers:  

  • Customers can respond at their leisure  

  • Customers do not have to wait on hold 

  • SMS messages are not lost, unlike chat bots embedded in webpages 

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