[Asterisk-Users] Happy Wednesday Morning SMS question, slightly OT

[Rich Adamson]

> We all mostly know that * as well as various SIP phones support SMS.
> While the final setup is somewhat of a mystery, there are reports of
> those lucky souls who have it working.  We also know that in order to
> send an SMS to a mobile phone, we need to connect to some SMS message
> center and get the word out that way.  
> 
> Now, here's the new (?) element:  How can I *accept* messages on my
> voip-based US landline?  I know that if I send an SMS from my T-Mobile
> phone to a friend's Verizon phone, the message goes through, so
> somewhere there must exist a national message center that knows which
> carrier to hand the message off to.  Technically it should be possible
> to register a phone number with them to receive messages sent from
> cell-phones or from other * systems, and then to receive these messages
> through * and onto a SMS capable IP phone...?
> 
> Who knows more about this?

Based on previous postings, the SMS thingie is primarly a european thing
and is rather different from the US cellular implementation. Since you
mentioned T-Mobile, I'm assuming you're in the US.

If that assumption is correct, then its not likely you're going to be
able to accomplish your objective without implementing some sort of
site-specific role-your-own mechanism (eg, I don't know of any US cellular
company that would sell you a sms address for your pbx).