[asterisk-users] How to receive SMS ?

[Olivier]

2012/2/16, Administrator TOOTAI <admin at tootai.net>:
> Le 16/02/2012 16:55, Olivier a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've read here and there how Asterisk could send SMS but I didn't find
>> much about how to receive SMS and forward them to an email box.
>>
>> 1. First of all, I don't think my telco would let me receive any SMS
>> my landline.
I meant "my telco wouldn't let me receive any SMS"
>
> Why? If I assume well you're in France, so no problem.

You mean you can receive SMS on a landline in France (or the opposite) ?
>
>>
>> 2. Maybe I could find providers selling this service for a monthly fee;
>
> If your point 1) view is true, it will change nothing ;-)
>
>>
>> 3. I could build and operate my own infrastructure.
>
> What we did.
>
>   Anyway, the problem is not here. If you follow
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+Sms it's working, but,
> at least for France (true around one year back):
>
> - SFR is sending SMS to landlines as voice messages which is completely
> stupid as they ask to press 1 to listen the message or you can wait 15
> sec and start recording, perhaps you will get it or part of. But if they
> change their announce message, you have at first to know it and then
> recalculate the delay. Crazy. An answer machine will have same problem.
> - FREE mobile doesn't send SMS to landlines
> - ORANGE is working but we also faced some SMS sended as voice message
> - BOUYGUES wasn't tested
>
> We stopped to work on this as each mobile operator do what he want, SMS
> gateways being not better. To unstable to rely on it.

If a gateway has its own SIM card and GSM stuff, should it receive SMS ?

>
>> Given this asterisk-users mailing-list purpose, and for curiosity's
>> sake, how could I build my own SMS reception service with Asterisk
>> (1.6.1 or later) ?
>> Which channel (chan_mobile, chan_datacard, ...) and hardware would be
>> appropriate ?
>> Suggestions ?
>>
>
> Hope that helped
Yes it helped !

>
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