Is Apple Push notification using APNS free of cost?

Question

We are planning to develop the push notification service for a telecom operator. But I haven\'t got any information whether the APNS push service is free of cost or should w

Answer 1

As mentioned above, Apple does not charge for the APNS However, you need to maintain a 3rd party server for that, and sending notifications to millions of devices would require a lot of work from you. There are some very good industrial solutions for iOS push notifications service that use APNS:

• PushApps - free for 1M notifications per month, and unlimited notifications for 19.99 per month - here is the documentation
• Urban Airship - free up to 1M notifications per month, afterwards you are charged per 1000 notifications
• PushWoosh - free for 1M devices, premium plans are from 39 EURO

Diclaimer - I work in PushApps and also use their product in my applications for over a year now.