On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Roger Filomeno wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:20:45 +0800, Ian Dexter R. Marquez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Question, actually just for clarification: with a GSM modem, would > > there still be a need for an SMSC? We're a government agency, and > > while a three- or four-digit SMS number would have definitely more > > impact for the service we envision, right now, I think we would have > > to contend with limited budgets and such. > > SMSC is an integral part of the GSM network, basically everything > connects there. The actual GSM network has totaly evolve, now there > many other entities that supports the SMSC to facilitate VAS, > Billing.. etc. what Ian probably meant was: "using their typical sms application, would they still need to connect to an SMSC if they dont want fancy short numbers? what SMSC feature would they miss if they stick to a GSM modem?" SMSC-only Feature 1) Fastest send/recv of sms messages 2) Short Number and Alphanumeric Sender Numbers 3) SMS Delivery Status (upto knowing if the SMS message has been sent to the recipient's phone) --> can be done using GSM modems afaik but the local cellcos dont enable it over the GSM network. 4) Billing (whether to charge the sender/recipient) 5) etc ... > > > Another question: are there any existing server apps (open source, of > > course) available that runs with Kannel? I mean, for HTTP-based > > messaging, etc.? > PHP/Perl/Apahce/MySQL -- basically opens source tools you can build upon together with kannel. pong -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
