[asterisk-users] Converting GSM calls to SIP

[Jeff Brower]

Tonty-

> This is a solution they proposed, using GSM gateways, but it wont let me
> handle 1000 simultaneous calls, the other option was using an E1 but the
> cost would be too much to deploy 35 E1s to support that many calls.  There
> might be a better way of doing it.

Can you explain the "multiple E1" approach?  Are you saying you would connect to your GSM provider using an E3 line
and then break that out into multiple E1s that can be used with Asterisk-compatible PCI/PCIe cards?

If that's not accurate, please clarify.

-Jeff

> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:08 AM, William Stillwell (Lists) <
> william.stillwell-lists at ablebody.net> wrote:
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>>  http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Setup+MV-370+GSM+Gateway+with+Asterisk
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>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:
>> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Pascal Bruno
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:52 AM
>> *To:* asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>> *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Converting GSM calls to SIP
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>> I have asked a GSM operator in my country if he can route a number or a
>> short code to my asterisk server via SIP (since they dont give DIDs in my
>> country) the operator said they do not support SIP, they have no way of
>> converting GSM calls to SIP to then send them to me.  I would like to know
>> what is needed from the operator side to do this, what kind of material is
>> needed, or what can be done from their side to send SIP calls to  my server.
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>> Thank you