[VoiceOps] SMS enabled DIDs

[Rob Mercer]

Eric,

One of the free services that NetNumber provides is "Type one" override data to the messaging industry.  This provides us the ability to SMS enable landlines in the same manner as routing messages based on which MVNO has struck a messaging deal with the different aggregators. 

Today we distribute MVNO records to many of the aggregators and wireless operators in North America. Just to be clear,  we don't provide any SMS GW access, but we provide the Messaging folks the knowledge that a number can receive a TXT versus having the aggregator drop it in the bit bucket. 

We do this by establishing 1 or more pseudo-SPID(s) and then let you publish numbers under them.  You can work with any aggregator to accomplish the same, but they just send them to NetNumber to publish anyway. 

Hope this helps de-mystifies the process a bit to the list. 

Contact me if you would like a white paper that details this a bit more. 

Thanks, 

Rob Mercer - +1 636 544 4800
Sr. Director

On Apr 28, 2011, at 4:25 PM, "Eric Hiller" <clec at cygnustel.com> wrote:

> We are a facilities based CLEC, so we are the "DID provider" and have our
> own SPID. Does this change anything?
> 
> On Thu, April 28, 2011 1:31 pm, Troy Davis wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Eric Hiller <clec at cygnustel.com> wrote:
>>> So any idea what Syniverse or Verisign charges to act as your gateway
>>> provider? High monthly commits?
>> 
>> The monthly minimums are extremely negotiable, especially with a
>> well-reasoned argument. It's a typical enterprise sales process -
>> start high, adjust, and use whatever ammo you have (from the customer
>> or from corporate) to get a deal done.
>> 
>> You won't get in with $100/mo but it doesn't need to be $2500. And the
>> process is convoluted enough that if you aren't spending a few hundred
>> $$ a month, it's too much work for them to do the interop with
>> you/your DID provider anyway. At that volume you'd be better off
>> getting one or more upstreams to work with them, or buying from
>> someone who already presents their own SMS access.
>> 
>> Troy
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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