On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 17:16 +0100, Andy Davidson wrote: > hi, > > I often see inexpensive GSM Gateways offered for sale that will pass > calls destined to the number associated with an inserted SIM to a voip > platform like a company Asterisk server. I have someone who wants a > GSM gateway to forward calls to his voip platform when he is > traveling, so that calls to his mobile number can be answered by his > PA or forwarded to accommodation abroad. > > However, this person receives a lot of SMS messages, and therefore a > gsm gateway needs to forward messages received, ideally via HTTP post > to a custom system, but via email is fine too. The ability to send > smses through the gsm gateway by http post, or some other means would > be handy. > I would suggest sip IM since the device already speaks sip, but then asterisk probably doesnt do that (it didnt last time I checked) so odds are something else would be required.
> Any suggestions for such a device ? Care to elaborate a bit more on what you are looking for as there are a variety of choices. Basically a single channel unit will really just be a mobile phone in a different package (although technically you could use a cheap mobile phone and just toss some software on there to intercept calls and SMS messages, bridge it to say a linux box via bluetooth, and create a simple signalling system for it, shouldnt be that much work especially on most phones today that support either j2me or native like windows mobile or iphone (darwin)). You can have a standalone device with ethernet, pccard, pci card (usually these have 4 SIM slots though), or a varity of other things. The form factor you desire can help lower the total number of devices for this job. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200 http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you! _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
