The message is finally transmitted over the wireless network to the recipient.The SMS message is then handed to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), which is a server that routes data to specific mobile devices.The email is received by a Short Message Service Gateway (SMS Gateway), which converts the message from an email message to an SMS message.The message is composed using a web application that's stored and executed on an HTTP server and then sent through the internet ('the cloud') as an email message.
We'll break this down, one piece at a time:
