Hi Mychaela,

Yes, I think it is correct to call the SMSC address a GT. In the IR.21 document 
of operators it is also listed as a GT AFAIR.

Cheers,
Domi


> 08.08.2023 dátummal, 8:28 időpontban Mychaela Falconia 
> <[email protected]> írta:
> 
> Hello fellow developers,
> 
> I am getting ready to implement my own SMSC, connecting to Osmocom CN
> via GSUP (see OS#6135), and I have a question about SMSC address
> terminology.
> 
> In traditional commercial GSM networks, the SMSC address visible to
> the user (prepended to the TPDU for MT SMs, stored in EF_SMSP record
> on the SIM for MO SMs) looks like a phone number in full international
> format, with TON=1 and NPI=1.  For example, T-Mobile's SMSC address is
> +12063130004 (to an uninitiated eye it looks exactly like a regular
> phone number in Seattle, WA), while the SMSC of Mexican Telcel is
> +5294100001410 - one digit longer than regular phone numbers in Mexico,
> and a little irregular in structure.
> 
> What is the correct term for these SC-address phone-number-thingies?
> Are they Global Titles - or is GT something different?
> 
> If I were to make up fake global-looking SMSC addresses of this form,
> e.g., something like +1xxx55501xx for NANP territory, would it be
> correct to call such SC-address a fake Global Title?
> 
> Just wondering...
> 
> M~

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