[ILUG] OT: voip && sms

[Kevin Brennan]

There are a few SMS gateway providers out there who will provide SMS 
origination and termination in various forms, example 
http://www.clickatell.com. The most straightforward would be SMS to smtp.

Some providers do provide a more advanced api which will even allow 
changing of caller id - so you can send from email and response will go 
to your mobile.

As VOIP is 'voice' I am not sure why you particularly VOIP providers, if 
you are talking about the conversion of SMS to a SIP MESSAGE (which 
appears on most SIP client displays), and visa versa, I am not aware of 
provider that does provide this.

If you are looking to display SMS's on your voip terminal you could 
write a pretty simple script using sipsak to convert smtp to a SIP 
MESSAGE and have it appear on your terminal.

There is also PSTN SMS which is implemented in a different way to mobile 
(mobile uses MAP messages on SS7, PSTN uses a DTMF system). Asterisk PBX 
supports this DTMF method natively..ie if you have landline phone which 
supports SMS you can use asterisk as an SMS service center - you could 
therefore use asterisk as an SMS to email gateway also.

Br /KB
brendan at zen.org wrote:
> In an ideal world, what I'm looking to do is actually possible...be 
> able to receive SMS text messages via a VOIP provider.  Not just send, 
> which is available in a few different forms.  So I could be in a 
> location with no wireless coverage and still be able to send and receive.
>
> Ever heard of such a thing? :)
>
> Thanks,
> B
>