sms on sprintpcs

I've had sprint pcs for 2 years...and always wonder
if i can send sms to gsm phones internationally...
i tried already...of course it didnt work..but is there
any software that i can use? any comments?

thanks,
sjay

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Sanjay wrote:
> I've had sprint pcs for 2 years...and always wonder
> if i can send sms to gsm phones internationally...
> i tried already...of course it didnt work..but is there
> any software that i can use? any comments?
>
> thanks,
> sjay

You're going to hear a whole lot about how we don't do "real" sms.
Regardless of whether that's true or not, you *can* send messages to GSM
phones. But only with USA phone numbers. Our messaging system, Shortmail,
only supports 10-digit numbers. I'm not even sure you can contact Canadian
numbers. We have an inter-carrier agreement with T-Mobile, AT&T, Nextel,
Cingular, and Verizon. I'm told messages get through to Alltel numbers, but
I know we don't have a signed agreement with them.
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O/Siris
I work for Sprint
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Sanjay wrote:
> I've had sprint pcs for 2 years...and always wonder
> if i can send sms to gsm phones internationally...
> i tried already...of course it didnt work..but is there
> any software that i can use? any comments?
>
> thanks,
> sjay

You're going to hear a whole lot about how we don't do "real" sms.
Regardless of whether that's true or not, you *can* send messages to GSM
phones. But only with USA phone numbers. Our messaging system, Shortmail,
only supports 10-digit numbers. I'm not even sure you can contact Canadian
numbers. We have an inter-carrier agreement with T-Mobile, AT&T, Nextel,
Cingular, and Verizon. I'm told messages get through to Alltel numbers, but
I know we don't have a signed agreement with them.
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RØß
O/Siris
I work for Sprint
I *don't* speak for them

Yeah OSiris, Seems like you got agrements too with Cricket (who sucks)
Cause I got a friend with Cricket and we can send and recieve from each
other. Could you maybe post a list here with all the Carriers That We
can possible Shortmail/ "SMS" with?

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Sanjay wrote:
> I've had sprint pcs for 2 years...and always wonder
> if i can send sms to gsm phones internationally...
> i tried already...of course it didnt work..but is there
> any software that i can use? any comments?
>
> thanks,
> sjay

You're going to hear a whole lot about how we don't do "real" sms.
Regardless of whether that's true or not, you *can* send messages to GSM
phones. But only with USA phone numbers. Our messaging system, Shortmail,
only supports 10-digit numbers. I'm not even sure you can contact Canadian
numbers. We have an inter-carrier agreement with T-Mobile, AT&T, Nextel,
Cingular, and Verizon. I'm told messages get through to Alltel numbers, but
I know we don't have a signed agreement with them.
--
-+-
RØß
O/Siris
I work for Sprint
I *don't* speak for them

goodeye18 wrote:
> Yeah OSiris, Seems like you got agrements too with Cricket (who sucks)
> Cause I got a friend with Cricket and we can send and recieve from
> each other. Could you maybe post a list here with all the Carriers
> That We can possible Shortmail/ "SMS" with?

Apparently not. The five I've already mentioned are it. At least, those are
the ones with whom we have agreements.
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RØß
O/Siris
I work for Sprint
I *don't* speak for them

Sanjay wrote:
> *I've had sprint pcs for 2 years...and always wonder
> if i can send sms to gsm phones internationally...
> i tried already...of course it didnt work..but is there
> any software that i can use? any comments?
> *

Use e-mail.

Anybody, anywhere can send a message to your phone using
<number>@messaging.sprintpcs.com

In response, you can send a message to any e-mail address anywhere from
your phone using Java software like the SendNote application available
from my website (http://www.apgap.com). As long as the recipients
phone/pager/whatever has an e-mail address, you can send messages to
it.

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