An android and iOS app. would seem a good fit here. Does this seem a useful idea?
JayJay On 11 Jul 2013, at 00:47, Peter Cheney <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Symeon, > > Interestingly we're facing a similar issue here in Oz whereby we're wanting > to send certain activation codes to our overseas clients for security > purposes. > > Currently we're doing this for our local clients and apart from the odd > "modem" failure, have no issues sending to domestic mobile numbers, sending > to international mobiles is proving to be a headache particularly with number > validation and certainty of delivery as others have mentioned. > > There is the cost associated with this too. Currently I think it is $0.50 per > international SMS message and given that there's no guarantee of delivery > success, the likelihood of repeated failed attempts is quite real. > > Searching around for possible solutions we found these which may be of > interest to you: > > Firstly a possible regex solution to validate a number and the related > discussions > /^(\+|\d)[0-9]{7,16}$/; > Reference: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5066329/regex-for-valid-international-mobile-phone-number > > And then there's this phone number validator: > https://code.google.com/p/libphonenumber/ > > I've only started playing with the regex this week so do not have a working > solution yet and haven't really looked at the libphonenumber but it may be > useful as a front end validation prior to storing the number in UV. > > One other thing I've considered is to not implement mobile number validation > at all. If the number is prefixed with a + then it would be considered an > international destination. As long as the remainder of the number is all > numeric I can send it to our SMS gateway and job is done. > > We also have an alternative procedure/screen for customer service to use to > circumvent the international SMS failures and edit/enable the related > functions for those clients overseas. > > HTH > Cheers > Peter > > Peter Cheney > > Universe Engineer > > t 07 3017 8837 | f 07 3002 8400 > > e [email protected] | w www.firstmac.com.au > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Symeon Breen > [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2013 9:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [U2] Mobile phones > > Hi > > > > I have an application that is based in the UK, one of the things it does is > allow entry of a phone number, I then determine if this is a mobile (cell > phone) and send a text (easy in the uk as all mobiles begin with 07) > > > > We are embarking upon our first US client (well existing uk customer with a > US presence) so my question is - how with US phone numbers can I determine > if it is a cell phone ? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > Symeon. > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Note: > This email (inc all attachments) is for the use of the intended recipient(s) > only. > Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this > communication. If you have received this email in error, please notify the > sender immediately and then delete all copies of this message from your > computer network. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, > use, disclose, copy or distribute this email without the author's prior > permission. If you are the intended recipient and you do not wish to receive > similar electronic messages from us in future, then please respond to the > sender to this effect. > We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software > viruses, but advise you to carry out your own virus checks on this email and > its attachments. We do not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by > software viruses and do not represent that this transmission is free from > viruses or other defects. > Firstmac Limited (ABN 59 094 145 963) (AFSL 290600) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
