# SMS Gateway

This guide helps you quickly integrate SMS Gateway into your application to send SMS/RCS messages.

## What is SMS Gateway?

SMS Gateway is a cloud-based messaging platform that enables your application to send SMS and RCS messages to users worldwide. It provides:

- **Multi-channel delivery**: SMS, RCS with automatic fallback
- **High reliability**: 99.9% uptime SLA with redundant providers
- **Real-time tracking**: Delivery receipts and status webhooks



```mermaid
flowchart LR
    App[Your Application] -->|REST API| Gateway[SMS Gateway]
    Gateway --> Provider1[Provider A]
    Gateway --> Provider2[Provider B]
    Gateway --> Provider3[Provider C]
    Provider1 --> Carrier[Mobile Carriers]
    Provider2 --> Carrier
    Provider3 --> Carrier
    Carrier --> Device[End Users]
    
    style Gateway fill:#87CEEB,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px
```

## Documentation Structure

This documentation is organized into the following sections:

### Get Started

- [Quick start](/products/sms/enterprise-documentation/get-started/get-started) guides and initial setup instructions to begin using SMS Gateway.


### Developer documentation

- **SMS Gateway**
  - [API Reference](/products/sms/enterprise-documentation/developer-documentation/api-references): complete technical documentation of REST APIs including :
    - Endpoint specifications
    - Request/response formats
    - Error codes and handling
  - Integration Guide : common integration scenarios and best practices for implementing SMS Gateway in your application.
- **Message Status APIs**
  - [API Reference](/products/sms/enterprise-documentation/developer-documentation/apistatus-references): complete REST API documentation for SMS Message Status service.
- **Message Status Webhooks**
  - [Understanding webhooks](/products/sms/enterprise-documentation/developer-documentation/wb/wb-how)


### Release Notes

Version history and changelog of SMS Gateway updates and improvements.