On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:20:38PM +0200, Stipe Tolj wrote: > as many countries deploy MSISDN number portability in their GSM > networks, which means you as a end-customer can take your MSISDN to an > other operator when you switch, makes things a bit more complicated on > the SMS gateway side.
Unfortunately it's not too easy to get porting info, as it will be stored in the HLR of the operator, and unless you have an SS7 connection to them you'll never know the number's been ported. i.e. say in UK you have 07775 123456, this is a Vodafone number (allocated in a block by Oftel). If the user ports it, they will put an entry into their HLR which points the number to another network, and they put it in their HLR. Maybe now they are opening up location based services, they'll also allow other access to HLR's ??? Steve -- NetTek Ltd Phone/Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 SMS steve-pager (at) gbnet.net [body] gpg 1024D/468952DB 2001-09-19
