Overview of the CommPeak SMS Services

Get an overview of the CommPeak SMS services and learn how to start using them.

SMS Service Activation

You can start using any SMS services from CommPeak after your phone has been verified.

Please complete the following steps:

  1. Choose your account currency - USD or Euro. It will be used in SMS rates and billing. To select the currency:

    1. Click SMS in the main menu.

      Screenshot of the **SMS** tab

      SMS tab

    2. In the pop-up window, click the currency sign to select it.

    3. Click Submit.

  2. Activate the SMS service. To do this:

    1. Click SMS in the main menu again.
    2. Click ACTIVATE in the pop-up window.

SMS Billing

Shortly after you activate SMS services, your SMS balance will appear in your account at the top right, next to the voice balance.

Screenshot of the SMS services **Home** tab with billing information

SMS services Home tab with billing information

You can use your free trial to test the services and send your first message using any SMS option.

In your CommPeak account, your voice and SMS balance should be topped up and used independently.

TextPeak

TextPeak is a tool for sending SMS campaigns and offers a wide range of customization options. To access it, expand SMS in the main menu and select SMS Platform. On the page that opens, click Login To TextPeak.

Screenshot of the **Login To TextPeak** button

Login To TextPeak button

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NOTE

If you have been using the previous version of the SMS service, you need first to activate the platform. After this, Streams API will also become available.

Screenshot of the **Activate SMS Platform** button

Activate SMS Platform button

In the Getting Started with TextPeak article, you will learn what to do to launch your first SMS campaign.

Streams API

Use our API to send single and multiple SMS messages from any platform and monitor their status.

On the SMS Platform page under SMS, you can create several API streams to send SMS messages.

Read about the basic Streams feature here.

TextPeak platform provides Transactional SMS and OTP routes, in addition to Promotional SMS. Read about Streams API in TextPeak here.

SMPP Channels

You can use up to 10 password-protected SMS SMPP channels for various purposes.

Under SMS in your main menu, go to SMS SMPP Channels.

For more information about this option, refer to this article.