nokia's cimd2 protocol supports this feature. you still need a connection to the
telco's smsc though. with the current wave of smsc-ims clients, i wouldnt be too
surprised if a product with this capability will be available in the market. who
knows? it might even go for a free download (crossed fingers). =)
vince.
Orlando Andico wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Edwin Linux Fan wrote:
> ..
> > I need to coordinate activities in an organization of
> > several hundred. The most common device we have are cell
> > phones with SMS. Is there a solution or product or service
> > out there that will allow me to make announcements to all
> > the members of my organization using SMS in one broadcast?
> > (one to many)
>
> SMS broadcast (as defined in the ETSI GSM 03.41 spec) can only be done
> with the telco's concurrence/assistance. What the Nokia data suite (and
> Gnokii) do is repeatedly send the message to simulate cell broadcast.
>
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