>I am not sure you are right about the scheme.
>Example :
>Vodafone network has it's shortcat numbers (i.e. short numbers, that are not
>in format of standard MSISDN : 8181/8888/9999/...)
>The customer is situated in foreign cellular network and operates under
>roaming agreement.
So far so good.
>Now, if he sends a message to this non-standard number, the sms will reach
>the shortcat, even if the operator that gives roaming service doesn't have
>those, so I suppose the message goes directly to home network smsc, which
>decides where to send it.
The message goes to the SMSC you have programmed into your phone. Always.
>We are testing our Vodafone connection from Israel, and if we send messages
>from vodafone sim to our shortcat, or full x.25 numbers (NUA) they reach
>receipient.
Of course. In this case your israelian GSM carrier doesnt see the
message on their SMSC.
>If we send from local sim cards (Orange) - messages fail to be sent
>("message not sent this time")..
..because the vodafone SMSC doesnt like to transport message for non-customers.
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