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NowSMS Support Forums ⬆ NowSMS Support - SMS Issues ⬆ Archive through September 15, 2003 ⬆ |
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| glenn |
I am wondering about the process of getting a US number established (carrier independent) and what we need to prepare for in supporting the SMS gateway. Thanks. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
Glenn, It really depends on your application, but the easiest way to receive messages is through a SIM (with one of the carriers) in a GSM modem. You rely on SMS interoperability between the carriers to route the messages into your modem(s). For sending messages outbound, you'd most likely be better off going through a service provider. The biggest issue in the US is that NowSMS can only send the binary message types out to GSM phones (T-Mobile, plus Cingular and AT&T Wireless who are migrating to GSM). While some binary content can be sent out to CDMA phones, it is usually sent as text messages with special headers (Nokia has a document on www.forum.nokia.com that talks about the Nokia Smart Messaging implementation on CDMA). So you may need to prepare some different content for CDMA handsets vs. GSM handsets. -bn | |||
| David |
Bryce, I am a little unclear on your response about the GSM modem. Glenn and I are creating a 2way SMS application that is database driven. We are converting SMS to email and e-mail to SMPP on the response. We are having trouble figuring out how to tie in a leased number to your gateway. Do we need to purchase a GSM Modem to do this or is their a way to tie the number to an e-mail address? I apologize for my lack of understanding but I can't seem to find any documentation to support this anywhere. Also, are short codes carrier specific? thanks. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
Hi David, Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Basically, the issue is that you need to have a phone number through which you can receive messages. You can get such a phone number through a service provider (you mention SMPP, so I guess you are already using a service provider), or you could do it with a GSM modem. If you do it through a service provider, it can be difficult to move your number to another service provider in the future. If you do receive the messages through a service provider, you would most likely receive them via SMPP, just like you are presently sending them. It is also possible to receive via a GSM modem, but send out through one or more service providers via SMPP. I'm not aware of a way to tie the phone number directly to an e-mail address (you can certainly do this through our software, but I mean that I am not aware of a generic way of doing this), although some service providers might provide this type of option. As for short codes ... my understanding is that in the US at present they are all carrier specific. There have been some attempts toward establishing cross-carrier short codes, but aside from special implementations for a few popular TV shows, I haven't seen much progress in this area yet. Follow this Google search, and you'll find some interesting articles on short codes in the US: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%2BSMS%20%2B%22short%20code%22%20%2BUSA | |||
