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+Introduction
+------------
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+jSMPP is a java implementation (SMPP API) of SMPP protocol (currently support
+SMPP v3.4). It provides interfaces to communicate with Message Center or
+ESME (External Short Message Entity) and able to handle
+traffic 3000-5000 messages per second. 
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+jSMPP is not a high-level library.  Many people looking for a quick way to
+get started with SMPP may be better of using an abstraction layer such
+as the Apache Camel SMPP component:
+  http://camel.apache.org/smpp.html
+
+Travis-CI status:
+-----------------
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/opentelecoms-org/jsmpp.svg?branch=release-2.1)](https://travis-ci.org/opentelecoms-org/jsmpp)
+
+History
+-------
+
+The project started on Google Code:  http://code.google.com/p/jsmpp/
+
+It was maintained by uudashr on Github until 2013
+
+It is now a community project maintained at http://jsmpp.org
+
+Release procedure
+-----------------
+
+  mvn deploy -DperformRelease=true -Durl=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/ -DrepositoryId=sonatype-nexus-staging
+
+  * log in here: https://oss.sonatype.org
+  * click the `Staging Repositories' link
+  * select the repository and click close
+  * select the repository and click release
+
+License
+-------
+
+Copyright (C) 2007-2013, Nuruddin Ashr <uudashr@gmail.com>
+Copyright (C) 2012-2013, Denis Kostousov <denis.kostousov@gmail.com>
+Copyright (C) 2014, Daniel Pocock http://danielpocock.com
+
+This project is licensed under the Apache Software License 2.0.
+