[asterisk-users] Sending SMS from Asterisk

[Steve Kennedy]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:29:20AM -0700, Stephen Bosch wrote:

[snippage]
> If I understand correctly, this means I'll need an extra SIM just to
> send messages -- is that right? I build a Kannel server so that it can
> talk to a terminal that is on the network and can send messages.
> (It's an awful lot of extra hardware just for messaging capacity that
> will only be used by a few users, though.)
> What if I don't want to get my own terminal?

Then you need to talk to someone who offers connectivity into the
operators.

> > Most operators wont allow direct connectivity unless you delivering
> > 10's of millions of SMSs per month and you'll have to go through an
> > aggregator.
> Can you show me an example of an aggregator?

I don't know in the US? There are some ... they'll have an API and you
then utilise that API to inject messages.


Steve

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