Some SMSs are sent via SS7 but a majority are via IP in the SMPP protocol. All high volume carriers use SMPP to interconnect with only a small subset going over SS7.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Jarrod Lash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jarrod@fed-com.com">jarrod@fed-com.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">SMS messages are generally sent over the SS7 network.<br>
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The online providers take your message via their apis and drop them to<br>
ss7 links with the legacy telecom carriers.<br>
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For in depth reading check out:<br>
<a href="http://www.ncs.gov/library/tech_bulletins/2003/tib_03-2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ncs.gov/library/tech_bulletins/2003/tib_03-2.pdf</a><br>
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and google -> sms ss7<br>
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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:10 PM, C. Savinovich<br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:c.savinovich@itntelecom.com">c.savinovich@itntelecom.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hi, we will be sending about 10 thousand text messages per day through<br>
> Clickatell. (From an Asterisk server)... We want to send the messages<br>
> directly to the carriers. I am using Kannel (at least I am trying to). At<br>
> that volume, there is got to be wholesale contracts available from the<br>
> *wireless carriers*, and even sms centers to connect to. I would not think<br>
> this could be done with 10 cell phones plugged to the usb ports of the<br>
> kannel server.<br>
><br>
> Can anyone who knows about this please shed some light :) ?<br>
><br>
> CS<br>
><br>
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