SMS s/w Development Standards

2005-08-05 Thread Baden de Bari
Are there any defined software development standards when it comes to designing s/w for SMS? I realize ome of the rules include giving OPT-OUT capabilities, and these rules are regionally enforced. Can anyone give me some references to these please - Europe, North America, Asia, etc? Thank you.--

[?] Wireless/mobile events in California in August?

2005-07-21 Thread Baden de Bari
Hi, Since HP World has been cancelled (also cancelling the Wireless and Mobile forum there), I would like to know of any other wireless/mobile-related events being held in California in August - LA, San Francisco, etc. Thank you.-- Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because

Garbled EMS Messages

2005-03-01 Thread Baden de Bari
Does anyone have experience in dealing with Canadian networks? Do you know if Rogers, Telus or Fido add chaff to EMS/UDH type messages? If so, how do we get around this? -- Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. web:

Re: Phone Make and model from Serial number - How?

2005-02-01 Thread Baden de Bari
Is there a global list of manufacturer's prefixes for and model #'s for serial #'s or would we have to contact each manufacturer independently?- Original Message - From: "Andrea Trasatti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Baden de Bari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subjec

Ports (SCKL, EMS OR MMS)?

2005-01-28 Thread Baden de Bari
Still trying to figure out how to integrate vCards and vCalendars with various cellular phone manufacturers. Does MMS offer any solution to this?What about SCKL messaging? According to Motorola: The Motorola cellular phones which support SCKL message format are the following ones:* C331* C350*

shortcode registration in North America?

2005-01-26 Thread Baden de Bari
Where can I find guidlines and registration information for shortcodes in North America? Obviously there are advantages to having a longcode (w/ a GSM modem) - arguments for both?-- Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. web:

UDH Headers for different manufacturers?

2005-01-11 Thread Baden de Bari
I'd like to start playing around with EMS, but need the proper UDH header info for sending things like vCards and vCals. Is there a list of headers for different manufacturers? Once the header text is set, is the hex-encoded message the same for all manufacturers, or does this require different

Re: UDH Headers for different manufacturers?

2005-01-11 Thread Baden de Bari
he EMS consortium white pages (if you like the techie reading). Hope it helps, On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:15:55 -0600, Baden de Bari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: I'd like to start playing around with EMS, but need the proper UDH header info for sending things like vCards and v

Phone Make and model from Serial number - How?

2004-12-30 Thread Baden de Bari
I noticed that a few companies offer a service that identifies your cell phone make and model by entering in the serial number of the phone. How is this done? ie: is there some sort of algorithm or web service that can be used to get this information?-- Wise men talk because they have something to

CDMA Modems?

2004-12-17 Thread Baden de Bari
Looking at the way technology is going, for a newbie to using Kannel and the whole wireless gig, would it not be better to get a CDMA modem instead of a GSM modem? Pros/Cons please? Can we use CDMA modems w/ Kannel? --Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to

MO w/ Kannel

2004-12-17 Thread Baden de Bari
If we are using a GSM or CDMA modem with Kannel, how do we receive SMS messages - MO? Do we need to have a shortcode setup in our country? We would want to be able to send in several countries around the world, which is easier for push, but to receive, do we have to register a shortcode in each

Automated Payment to a SMSC

2004-10-15 Thread Baden de Bari
As we're still setting up our SMS applications, we're considering different ways of purchasing SMS credits. What we're considering: 1) user selects # of credits to purchase from our site2) payment received; use an automated process to connect to a SMSC such as Zim or Clickatell to purchase credits

SMS Charging Examples

2004-08-30 Thread Baden de Bari
As we'd just like to make sure we are keeping consistent, can anyone supply somelinks for sites that show a UI and functionality of SMS credits maintenance? ie. credit bank, msgs sent, received, etc. Also, what are some of the more payment schemes? There are some copmanies where credits will

MO - Who Pays?

2004-08-25 Thread Baden de Bari
With services like Clickatell, etc, you pay to have your keyword setup on their shortcode - monthly, right? So let's say you have a service you provide where by someone enters in "info" and subkeyword, "someone's name" - how do you get the person who's accessing the data to pay, else you're paying

Blackberry, etc?

2004-08-09 Thread Baden de Bari
As we are wanting do develope a full wireless solution, we already have the SMS area covered - and can easilly charge for this. Enter Blackberry - which is email-to-Blackberry. Are there "credit"-type solutions for this connectivity, is it risky trying to charge for this connectivity? Alternative

[?] SMS or email to SMS

2004-07-28 Thread Baden de Bari
I guess when it comes to computer to SMS there are a few solutions - most widely used is what most of us talk about here (say, credit-based), and email to SMS. Is it that not all network providers offer email to SMS? Is this why the SMSC route is preferred (per credit use)? I mean why would

Canadian/US SMS providers advice please

2004-07-21 Thread Baden de Bari
We need to integrate our online apps w/ SMS. Can you guys give me some recommendations for US/Canada-based SMS providers? So far, we're looking at Clickatell, but they're slow in responding (good country/network coverage though) Needscompetitive pricing, 7 8 bit msging, geo-location

Re: HTTP POST vs. SMPP - benefits???

2004-07-09 Thread Baden de Bari
request, convery it to SMPP request, send it to SMSC and update you with delivery status, whcih will help you in manage billing) hope it clears navjot singh Baden de Bari wrote:We want to have per-user credits billing on our web application, which must be seamless. Does it matter if we use H

Re: [Kannel-Users] SMS newbie

2004-07-08 Thread Baden de Bari
Kannel? Thank you. - Original Message - From: Peter Beckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:48:38 -0400 (EDT) To: Baden de Bari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [Kannel-Users] SMS newbie On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Baden de Bari wrote:We are looking to integrate SMS n

Re: SMS newbie message aggrigation

2004-07-06 Thread Baden de Bari
we are new to this area. Any help is greatly appreciated! - Original Message -From: "Stephen Rothwell (Eagle Eye Technology)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:31:18 +0100To: "Baden de Bari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: SMS newbie This is definately a