2009/7/9 Anselm Martin Hoffmeister <[email protected]> > Am Donnerstag, den 09.07.2009, 11:26 +0200 schrieb ESGLinux: > > Hi all, > > > > > > I´m a beginner with asterisk and I want to know if with asterisk I can > > send sms to a mobile, I´m on Spain, and I don´t know this can be a > > problem (with the operators...) > > Hi, > > the SMS code in Asterisk is - afaik - only for the landline type of SMS. > It can behave as landline-SMS capable phone (like some of the Siemens > Gigaset DECT devices, for example) and talk to a landline-SMS center > that will for a certain charge forward short messages to mobile phones. > > It can also behave as landline-SMS center and talk to appropriate > phones. > > As a background info, landline phones can recognize that a landline SMS > center is calling them by caller ID (which must be programmed, many > phones ship with the local companies' numbers preprogrammed) and will > not ring the bell but silently answer the line. The message transfer > works with 1200 baud modem-like analogue audio (even if the phone is an > ISDN device) - you can watch the actual message bytes on the Asterisk > CLI if you turn on debug, in some kind of simple protocol and some > 8bit-to-7bit mapping. > > It cannot directly talk to mobile phones: short messages are > transmitted out-of-band in the GSM networks, and the mobile operators > will not allow you direct access there. After all, short messages make a > hefty percentage of their income at a minimum percentage of > infrastructure usage. > > The situation in Germany (and to my knowledge, in several other European > states) is that you can connect to a premium-rate landline-SMS center > and hand them a short message for relaying. As that is bound to cost > hardly less than using a mobile phone directly, it is not at all > interesting for me (ymmv). I prefer using one of those > web-interface-to-sms providers (mine can be used with wget from scripts > etc) and pay between 3 and 12 cents per message, depending on > destination country and "quality of service" selection. They have been > reliable for quite some time now, and I remember that landline-SMS was a > little too fiddly for my taste. > > Regards > Anselm >
ok thanks for your answer, I think your are right with the landline-SMS, Now my question changes to, how can I send a SMS to my cellular phone, what hardware, software, subcription to service or somthing else do I need? Thanks in advance ESG
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