Eric,<br><br>Syniverse charges two MRC componants<br><br>1) VPN charges<br>2) Monthly minimium<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Please contact me offline.<br><br>thanks,<br>Jay.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Eric Hiller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clec@cygnustel.com">clec@cygnustel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">So any idea what Syniverse or Verisign charges to act as your gateway<br>
provider? High monthly commits?<br>
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-Eric<br>
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On Tue, April 26, 2011 9:19 pm, Scott Berkman wrote:<br>
> I don't believe it's that "simple".<br>
><br>
> The main issue is that SMS messages were originally hacked into the GSM<br>
> standard, not a SS7 protocol. While SMS can be carried over SS7, most<br>
> wireless networks, at least traditionally, did not follow standard SS7 and<br>
> PSTN concepts in their implementation of SMS, so they are basically<br>
> separate<br>
> systems not really connected to the PSTN.<br>
><br>
> As I understand it, most of the interconnections between different<br>
> networks<br>
> that carry SMS are done through gateway providers or private peering.<br>
> Verisign was the most popular and/or well known for some time:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.verisign.com/static/005168.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.verisign.com/static/005168.pdf</a><br>
><br>
> This is also part of why it took so long to start having inter-carrier<br>
> MMS.<br>
><br>
> Of course the other problem is at "layer 8", so using a well-established<br>
> gateway is the best way to ensure you have connectivity to all the players<br>
> without building your own legal team.<br>
><br>
> Nowadays, many of the SMS gateway companies offer all types of<br>
> connectivity<br>
> including SS7 or SIGTRAN, SOAP, SMTP, and a bunch of proprietary<br>
> protocols.<br>
><br>
> There are also some good open source projects for running your own SMSC:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.kannel.org/news.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.kannel.org/news.shtml</a><br>
><br>
> -Scott<br>
><br>
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> On Behalf Of Paul Timmins<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:01 AM<br>
> To: Eric Hiller<br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] SMS enabled DIDs<br>
><br>
> On 04/26/2011 10:50 AM, Eric Hiller wrote:<br>
>> We are a CLEC and have SS7 trunks. From my limited understanding, SMS<br>
>> rides over ISUP, so in theory we would simply have an entry in an SMS<br>
>> DB that says all our SMS messages should be sent to a particular point<br>
>> code correct? Do I have this at all right, and if so, how do I enter<br>
>> this SMS DB point code information?<br>
>><br>
><br>
> I've been thinking this myself for some time, and there's a place to input<br>
> this information in NPAC LTI. I assume you'd also need an SMSC to receive<br>
> the SMS data, and you'd have to get all the wireless carriers to open up<br>
> your point code in all their STPs. I presume there's a way to get that<br>
> information broadcast to all of them.<br>
><br>
> -Paul<br>
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