[VoiceOps] SMS enabled DIDs

[Jay Patel]

Eric,

Syniverse charges two MRC componants

1) VPN charges
2) Monthly minimium

We are bound by NDA , so I can not disclose their pricing , but  If you are
interested in sharing a cost of monthly minimum we are happy to work with
you.

Please contact me offline.

thanks,
Jay.


On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:59 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?
>
> -Eric
>
> On Tue, April 26, 2011 9:19 pm, Scott Berkman wrote:
> > I don't believe it's that "simple".
> >
> > The main issue is that SMS messages were originally hacked into the GSM
> > standard, not a SS7 protocol.  While SMS can be carried over SS7, most
> > wireless networks, at least traditionally, did not follow standard SS7
> and
> > PSTN concepts in their implementation of SMS, so they are basically
> > separate
> > systems not really connected to the PSTN.
> >
> > As I understand it, most of the interconnections between different
> > networks
> > that carry SMS are done through gateway providers or private peering.
> > Verisign was the most popular and/or well known for some time:
> >
> > http://www.verisign.com/static/005168.pdf
> >
> > This is also part of why it took so long to start having inter-carrier
> > MMS.
> >
> > Of course the other problem is at "layer 8", so using a well-established
> > gateway is the best way to ensure you have connectivity to all the
> players
> > without building your own legal team.
> >
> > Nowadays, many of the SMS gateway companies offer all types of
> > connectivity
> > including SS7 or SIGTRAN, SOAP, SMTP, and a bunch of proprietary
> > protocols.
> >
> > There are also some good open source projects for running your own SMSC:
> >
> > http://www.kannel.org/news.shtml
> >
> >       -Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:
> voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org]
> > On Behalf Of Paul Timmins
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:01 AM
> > To: Eric Hiller
> > Cc: voiceops at voiceops.org
> > Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] SMS enabled DIDs
> >
> > On 04/26/2011 10:50 AM, Eric Hiller wrote:
> >> We are a CLEC and have SS7 trunks. From my limited understanding, SMS
> >> rides over ISUP, so in theory we would simply have an entry in an SMS
> >> DB that says all our SMS messages should be sent to a particular point
> >> code correct? Do I have this at all right, and if so, how do I enter
> >> this SMS DB point code information?
> >>
> >
> > I've been thinking this myself for some time, and there's a place to
> input
> > this information in NPAC LTI. I assume you'd also need an SMSC to receive
> > the SMS data, and you'd have to get all the wireless carriers to open up
> > your point code in all their STPs. I presume there's a way to get that
> > information broadcast to all of them.
> >
> > -Paul
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