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“Thank you Bidvest team for your great service throughout 2024.”
- MTN
“Working with the Bidvest team is a real pleasure. We've thoroughly enjoyed partnering with a local provider for our business' WhatsApp profile - invoicing is simple and our templates are loaded and approved speedily. Prepaid24 would highly recommend Bidvest. Such a seamless process from setup to production!”
- Prepaid24
“We're incredibly grateful to the Bidvest Data Team who go above and beyond to support us with vital customer communication. Their commitment and innovation has kept us at the forefront of electronic customer engagement.”
- Sanlam Retail Mass
“Dear Bidvest team, Just wanted to take the time to say a very special thank you to TEAM BIDVEST. Everyone at OUP thanks all the people involved over the last few weeks and trust me, everyone in our organization now knows how much we can depend on Bidvest and we're all truly grateful for your efforts. Your responsiveness to our changing needs and requests is truly appreciated”
- Oxford
Enhance your enterprise communication with secure and trackable SMS and SVSMS services. Learn about compliance, benefits, and implementation strategies tailored for South Africa.
In an increasingly digital world, secure communication remains paramount for enterprises across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, and telecommunications. This comprehensive guide explores the significance of secure and trackable SMS and SVSMS (Secure Verified SMS) services, detailing how these solutions not only enhance communication efficiency but also ensure data integrity and compliance in South Africa.
As organizations adopt mobile messaging as a primary communication method, the need for security and traceability becomes critical. Secure SMS services protect sensitive information transmitted over mobile networks, while SVSMS provides verification, thereby ensuring that the intended recipient receives the message without compromise.
Secure SMS and SVSMS services utilize a network of advanced encryption protocols that protect message content while enabling tracking functionalities. Here’s a breakdown of each component:
Secure SMS involves:
The SVSMS process includes:
To maximize the benefits of secure SMS and SVSMS services, enterprises should consider the following best practices:
In South Africa, compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is critical for all organizations handling personal data. Here’s how secure SMS and SVSMS supports your compliance efforts:
Incorporating secure and trackable SMS and SVSMS services into your enterprise communication strategy not only enhances data protection but also fosters trust with customers. As compliance becomes increasingly critical, investing in these solutions provides a competitive edge by demonstrating a commitment to security and regulatory adherence.
Discover how Bidvest Data can empower your business with robust secure SMS and SVSMS services tailored for diverse industry needs. Contact us today for a consultation!
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Bidvest Data sends on average more than 10 million personalized SMS/SV SMS messages per month, with daily peaks exceeding 2 million messages. This comprises mainly of transactional notifications and hosted transactional data.

The SMS channel delivers a secure, shortened personalized URL to the consumer, directing them to their unique microsite. All consumer activity can be tracked.

PDF documents, HTML content, videos and animations can be hosted on our Zero Rated Data domains. Reverse billing of data on these domains ensure access for end users to content at no cost. Bidvest Data offers this service on all South African and Namibian mobile networks.

Bidvest Data offers custom-built, screen adaptive, HTML environments, enabling features like animation, rotating GIFs, and interactive buttons.

Our service includes automated large file batch sending through sFTP data transfer. The data can selectively drive template messaging. Near real-time SMS sending is facilitated through our API, using templates or dynamic text.

Where another channel in our omnichannel platform is unsuccessful in delivering a message, we can automatically fail over to SMS. Priority and fail over channels are configurable.

Bidvest Data provides near-real-time and periodic aggregate batched reporting on consumer engagement, including link tracking, SMS and SV SMS delivery status, and customized reports on microsite access.
“Thank you Bidvest team for your great service throughout 2024.”
- MTN
“Working with the Bidvest team is a real pleasure. We've thoroughly enjoyed partnering with a local provider for our business' WhatsApp profile - invoicing is simple and our templates are loaded and approved speedily. Prepaid24 would highly recommend Bidvest. Such a seamless process from setup to production!”
- Prepaid24
“We're incredibly grateful to the Bidvest Data Team who go above and beyond to support us with vital customer communication. Their commitment and innovation has kept us at the forefront of electronic customer engagement.”
- Sanlam Retail Mass
“Dear Bidvest team, Just wanted to take the time to say a very special thank you to TEAM BIDVEST. Everyone at OUP thanks all the people involved over the last few weeks and trust me, everyone in our organization now knows how much we can depend on Bidvest and we're all truly grateful for your efforts. Your responsiveness to our changing needs and requests is truly appreciated”
- Oxford