Sending international SMS

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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" <okapi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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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In article <%3p%c.9915$Wv5.7092@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
divx@hotmail.com says...
> No...you must send as email.... phonenumber@carrier.com
>
>
> "Steve W" <okapi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:f12cd3d1.0409060810.5d9e80fe@posting.google.com...
> > 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
>
>
>

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.

--
RØß
O/Siris
~+~
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

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In article <f12cd3d1.0409111933.6978dc94
@posting.google.com>, Steve Wokapi@yahoo.com 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.
>

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.

--
RØß
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-

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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" <okapi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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 <0sîrîs@sprîntpcs.côm> wrote in message
> news:<MPG.1bae2946ed35a90d989a5f@netnews.comcast.net>...
>>
>> 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.