Sending international SMS

Is there any way to add plus signs when using a phone that supports
Sprint SMS (Sanyo 4920 in my case) to send international SMS? Any way
to store those in the phone book (even thou they can't be call if
they're not US / Canada)?

Thanks,
Steve

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It is not the absence of the plus symbol that stops international SMS's.
Sprint doesn't have the agreements in place and has not created the
necessary "glue" to connect their SMSs to the GSM network. You cannot send
SMS's from your Sprint web account. I

You can dial international numbers with a Sprint phone. You have to call
customer service and activate international dialing. Then dial the number
with an "011" in front, e.g. 011442075551212.


"Steve W" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Is there any way to add plus signs when using a phone that supports
> Sprint SMS (Sanyo 4920 in my case) to send international SMS? Any way
> to store those in the phone book (even thou they can't be call if
> they're not US / Canada)?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

No...you must send as email.... [email protected]


"Steve W" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Is there any way to add plus signs when using a phone that supports
> Sprint SMS (Sanyo 4920 in my case) to send international SMS? Any way
> to store those in the phone book (even thou they can't be call if
> they're not US / Canada)?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

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[email protected] says...
> No...you must send as email.... [email protected]
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> "Steve W" <[email protected]> wrote in message=20
> news:[email protected]...
> > Is there any way to add plus signs when using a phone that supports
> > Sprint SMS (Sanyo 4920 in my case) to send international SMS? Any way
> > to store those in the phone book (even thou they can't be call if
> > they're not US / Canada)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve=20
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Not true. *If* the international SMS works, there is neither a need to=20
email nor a need for the plus sign.

So far, though, as of the time I ceased working there, not a single=20
European nation was listed as confirmed successful.

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O/Siris
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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue,
but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792

Could you tell if there was an effort to make this a future thing? I
wonder if the previous lack of much international roaming agreements
like US GSM carriers have, was the reason for the minimal
international SMS sending support. Or perhaps they don't think there's
much of a market for Sprint's CDMA users since the users who are more
international are probably using GSM? These are some generalizations,
but I have a few friends who are international and SMS would be nice.

Steve

> Not true. *If* the international SMS works, there is neither a need to
> email nor a need for the plus sign.
>
> So far, though, as of the time I ceased working there, not a single
> European nation was listed as confirmed successful.

In article <f12cd3d1.0409111933.6978dc94
@posting.google.com>, Steve [email protected] says...
> Could you tell if there was an effort to make this a future thing? I
> wonder if the previous lack of much international roaming agreements
> like US GSM carriers have, was the reason for the minimal
> international SMS sending support. Or perhaps they don't think there's
> much of a market for Sprint's CDMA users since the users who are more
> international are probably using GSM? These are some generalizations,
> but I have a few friends who are international and SMS would be nice.
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The note included a reference to future testing. Europe is=20
pretty heavily standardized (which is not saying that's a=20
bad thing), so it's probably going to be all or nothing=20
there. This appeared to be one of those "as we get to it"=20
kind of projects. Unsupported. Might find a way to make=20
it work, but it will either work or not, and that's it.

--=20
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
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**A thing moderately good is not so good as it=20
ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a=20
virtue, but moderation in principle is always a
vice.**
-Thomas Paine. The Rights of Man. 1792-

It looks like sending to some international carriers is now officially
supported according to Sprint's website:

Argentina Movicom (BellSouth)
Bermuda Bermuda Digital
Canada Bell Mobility
Microcell Telecommunications
Rogers AT&T
Telus Mobility
Saskatchewan Telecom (Sasktel)
MTS Communications
Chile BellSouth Comunicaciones
China China Mobile
Colombia BellSouth Colombia
Dominican Republic CODETEL
Ecuador BellSouth Ecuador
Guam Hafatel
Guatemala BellSouth Guatemala
Hong Kong Sunday
Peoples
Mexico Iusacell
Telefonica Mexico
Nextel Mexico
Panama BellSouth de Panama
Peru BellSouth Peru
TIM Peru
Telefonica Peru
Nextel Peru
Philippines Globe
Smart
Saipan Verizon Pacifica
UK T-Mobile UK
Uruguay Movicom (BellSouth)
Venezuela Telcel (BellSouth)
Movilnet

Disappointing that only T-Mobile UK for western europe.

Steve

O/Siris <0sīrīs@sprīntpcs.cōm> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
> The note included a reference to future testing. Europe is
> pretty heavily standardized (which is not saying that's a
> bad thing), so it's probably going to be all or nothing
> there. This appeared to be one of those "as we get to it"
> kind of projects. Unsupported. Might find a way to make
> it work, but it will either work or not, and that's it.

Actually according to this web page, these countries are supported. However,
I tried the Venezuelan ones and no luck. I called and the woman that i
talked to was shocked to see that this info was on the web site. So bottom
line, they say it is officially supported but it doesn;t work.

http://www.sprintpcs.com/support/help78.html

Marco
"Steve W" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It looks like sending to some international carriers is now officially
> supported according to Sprint's website:
>
> Argentina Movicom (BellSouth)
> Bermuda Bermuda Digital
> Canada Bell Mobility
> Microcell Telecommunications
> Rogers AT&T
> Telus Mobility
> Saskatchewan Telecom (Sasktel)
> MTS Communications
> Chile BellSouth Comunicaciones
> China China Mobile
> Colombia BellSouth Colombia
> Dominican Republic CODETEL
> Ecuador BellSouth Ecuador
> Guam Hafatel
> Guatemala BellSouth Guatemala
> Hong Kong Sunday
> Peoples
> Mexico Iusacell
> Telefonica Mexico
> Nextel Mexico
> Panama BellSouth de Panama
> Peru BellSouth Peru
> TIM Peru
> Telefonica Peru
> Nextel Peru
> Philippines Globe
> Smart
> Saipan Verizon Pacifica
> UK T-Mobile UK
> Uruguay Movicom (BellSouth)
> Venezuela Telcel (BellSouth)
> Movilnet
>
> Disappointing that only T-Mobile UK for western europe.
>
> Steve
>
> O/Siris <0sīrīs@sprīntpcs.cōm> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>>
>> The note included a reference to future testing. Europe is
>> pretty heavily standardized (which is not saying that's a
>> bad thing), so it's probably going to be all or nothing
>> there. This appeared to be one of those "as we get to it"
>> kind of projects. Unsupported. Might find a way to make
>> it work, but it will either work or not, and that's it.