On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 06:48:27PM +0400, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > >However there are some disadvantages, the main being you cant set CLI of > >the outgoing call as it will always be tied to the SIM of the mobile > >terminal. > That's true. You can however choose to mask the caller ID.
Yup, for telcos (in the broadest sense) offering a service, generally people want to be able to call back the number that dialed them. > >Another is that you can NOT run a GSM gateway (as they're known) for 3rd > >parties. So if you want to connect your office PBX to a gateway to make > >use of cheap mobile termination for your own company that's fine, but as > >an ITSP (or traditional telco) you can not allow 3rd party traffic to > >utilise a gateway. If networks find you are using a gateway (as a telco) > >they can cut it off, no questions asked. Gateways have been determined > >to be fixed infrastructure, therefore NOT mobile. > Yes, mobile grey routing is illegal in the UK. However it DOES happen in > the UK, and on a large scale (you're talking dozens of E1s worth of > capacity), I can guarantee you. I've seen it! Of course it does, but generally the networks can find them quite quickly (as local cells get congested) and they cut off the SIMs. > >Of course this is UK specific, other countries have more lenient > >policies (I think Belgium allow gateways, France doesn't allow any kind, > >and some allow them with the co-operation of the operators). > France fully allows GSM gateways. In fact one of the leading IP/GSM > manufacturer, Quescom, is French. Their latest product, the SIM server, > is just mad: it is able so auto-swap SIM cards and IMEI remotely to > simulate somebody roaming around and stay below mobile providers' radar. OK wrong way round there ... Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users