Will the new SMS service support Internatonal Txt Msg'ing?

JCrewLeif · 02-02-2004, 02:23 AM

February third is the date the new SMS system is suppose to go active. Meaning phones like mine (VM4500) with the new SMS built in, will be able to send txt messages without signing on to vision. WILL THIS NEW SERVICE SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL TEXT MESSAGING LIKE VERIZONS PHONES? DOES ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE? IE WILL I BE ABLE TO TEXT SOMEONE IN ITALY? Thanks. Leif

SL10 · 02-02-2004, 02:31 AM

SPCS does not internat't SMS yet, it may be awhile when they will have it.

JCrewLeif · 02-02-2004, 02:38 AM

im asking if the new service will on feb 3rd will include international text messaging tmobile and verizon include it

SL10 · 02-02-2004, 02:52 AM

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Originally posted by JCrewLeif im asking if the new service will on feb 3rd will include international text messaging tmobile and verizon include it

NO IT WILL NOT BE included, being SPCS does NOT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL SMS.

jgallandt · 02-02-2004, 03:01 AM

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Originally posted by SL4 NO IT WILL NOT BE included, being SPCS does NOT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL SMS.

Good Morning, SL4! Don't think that was The answer he wanted to hear. LOL!

JCrewLeif · 02-02-2004, 03:13 AM

it all good. i have no idea why sprint wouldnt support it verizon does (www.verizonwireless.com) i have friends who text me from italy and the past few months i could recieve their text messages from italy here in chicago on my sprint phone. but then on dec 12th or so the just stopped. i assumed it was because sprint was working on the new system. but as of this week i still cannot recieve them anymore. so what gives their new service blocks what i use to be able to recieve? and why make such a big deal about the new sms service if it only does half of what companies like verizon provide for no addtional cost? i guess well know for sure after this tuesday. maybe ill at least be able to recieve international sms again. heck maybe ill end up being able to message them back. we'll see in a couple days. but i seriously find my new sanyo vm4500 pointless if sprint does not offer international texting. not enough people in the us do it yet and im more interested in keeping in touch with my friends in italy. ill prob switch to verizon. anyway well see. thanks

SL10 · 02-02-2004, 03:17 AM

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Originally posted by jgallandt Good Morning, SL4! Don't think that was The answer he wanted to hear. LOL!

Top of the morning also. That was the answer SPCS gave me. I tried to SMS friend of mine in Germany with my daughters treo 600 it never went thru.

{mp3}God · 02-02-2004, 05:24 AM

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone SCP-5500/US/1.0) NetFront/3.0 MMP/2.0)

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Originally posted by SL4

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Originally posted by JCrewLeif im asking if the new service will on feb 3rd will include international text messaging tmobile and verizon include it

NO IT WILL NOT BE included, being SPCS does NOT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL SMS.

wrong, it will support international text with the new service this i know my friend has his active in clevand and he sent one

**sheureka** · 02-02-2004, 08:36 AM

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Originally posted by {mp3}God
wrong, it will support international text with the new service this i know my friend has his active in clevand and he sent one

That's my understanding too. I know the SMS program will take the extra digits. - sheureka

SL10 · 02-02-2004, 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by {mp3}God Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone SCP-5500/US/1.0) NetFront/3.0 MMP/2.0) NO IT WILL NOT BE included, being SPCS does NOT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL SMS.

wrong, it will support international text with the new service this i know my friend has his active in clevand and he sent one [/B][/QUOTE] Then SMS in Germany does not work then cuz I sent an international SMS to a family friend in Germany and he never received it and he tried to send me one I never got it? Plez explain this one?

**sheureka** · 02-02-2004, 10:50 AM

According to Osiris (on sprintpcsinfo.com) -

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On a side note, I've found out something just a couple of days ago that I think I've been saying differently before: the SMS clients on the enabled phones support up to 19 digits. International SMS *is* possible with the new service once it's launched. We have no tools to troubleshoot it, so there's no support for it, but we in Vision tech support have been given a list of a few countries and a few providers with whom we've seen SMS messages work.

And that's what we've been told to say, "We've seen it work with [such and such provider], and you're welcome to try it, but we provide no support for it."

- sheureka (by the way, why doesn't Osiris ever come around here anymore?)

sprintguy · 02-02-2004, 11:02 AM

Here's a list of countries (with carriers) you can SMS to:

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
Columbia: BellSouth Columbia
Dominican Republic: CODETEL
Ecuador: BellSouth Ecuador
Guam: Hafatel
Guatemala: BellSouth Guatemala
Hong Kong: Sunday, Peoples
Mexico: Lusacell, Telefonica Mexico, Nextel Mexico
Panama: BellSouth de Panama
Peru: BellSouth Peru, TIM Peru, Telefonica Peru, Nextel Peru
Philippines: Globe, Smart
Puerto Rico: Celulares Telefonica (Verizon), Cingular Gíreles, Telefonica Puerto Rico, TeleCorp PCS
Saipan: Verizon Pacifica
UK: T-Mobile UK
Uruguay: Movicom (BellSouth)
Venezuela: Telcel (BellSouth), Movilnet

SL10 · 02-02-2004, 11:05 AM

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Originally posted by sheureka According to Osiris (on sprintpcsinfo.com) -- sheureka (by the way, why doesn't Osiris ever come around here anymore?)

Good info, this would explain some issues with International SMS under SPCS new system. Thank you for post.

SL10 · 02-02-2004, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by sprintguy Here's a list of countries (with carriers) you can SMS to: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 Columbia: BellSouth Columbia Dominican Republic: CODETEL Ecuador: BellSouth Ecuador Guam: Hafatel Guatemala: BellSouth Guatemala Hong Kong: Sunday, Peoples Mexico: Lusacell, Telefonica Mexico, Nextel Mexico Panama: BellSouth de Panama Peru: BellSouth Peru, TIM Peru, Telefonica Peru, Nextel Peru Philippines: Globe, Smart Puerto Rico: Celulares Telefonica (Verizon), Cingular Gíreles, Telefonica Puerto Rico, TeleCorp PCS Saipan: Verizon Pacifica UK: T-Mobile UK Uruguay: Movicom (BellSouth) Venezuela: Telcel (BellSouth), Movilnet

So Deutsch telecom is not part of the system then, now I see why my SMS DIDN'T work in Germany. I apologize then for my eariler post. I was misinformed by the CSR again to a point, maybe they did not have the listed at the time of my call?

aitech · 02-02-2004, 11:59 AM

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Originally posted by sprintguy
Here's a list of countries (with carriers) you can SMS to:

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
Columbia: BellSouth Columbia
Dominican Republic: CODETEL
Ecuador: BellSouth Ecuador
Guam: Hafatel
Guatemala: BellSouth Guatemala
Hong Kong: Sunday, Peoples
Mexico: Lusacell, Telefonica Mexico, Nextel Mexico
Panama: BellSouth de Panama
Peru: BellSouth Peru, TIM Peru, Telefonica Peru, Nextel Peru
Philippines: Globe, Smart
Puerto Rico: Celulares Telefonica (Verizon), Cingular Gíreles, Telefonica Puerto Rico, TeleCorp PCS
Saipan: Verizon Pacifica
UK: T-Mobile UK
Uruguay: Movicom (BellSouth)
Venezuela: Telcel (BellSouth), Movilnet

No Japan?! :/ Go sprint...

02-02-2004, 02:23 AM	#1
JCrewLeif Two Cans & String User Join Date: Feb 2, '04 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10	Will the new SMS service support Internatonal Txt Msg'ing? February third is the date the new SMS system is suppose to go active. Meaning phones like mine (VM4500) with the new SMS built in, will be able to send txt messages without signing on to vision. WILL THIS NEW SERVICE SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL TEXT MESSAGING LIKE VERIZONS PHONES? DOES ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE? IE WILL I BE ABLE TO TEXT SOMEONE IN ITALY? Thanks. Leif

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02-02-2004, 02:31 AM	#2
SL10 Account Inactive Join Date: Jun 25, '03 Location: The Abyss... Posts: 3,558 Phone: Wireless Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 60	SPCS does not internat't SMS yet, it may be awhile when they will have it.

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JCrewLeif Two Cans & String User Join Date: Feb 2, '04 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10	im asking if the new service will on feb 3rd will include international text messaging tmobile and verizon include it

02-02-2004, 03:13 AM	#6
JCrewLeif Two Cans & String User Join Date: Feb 2, '04 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10	it all good. i have no idea why sprint wouldnt support it verizon does (www.verizonwireless.com) i have friends who text me from italy and the past few months i could recieve their text messages from italy here in chicago on my sprint phone. but then on dec 12th or so the just stopped. i assumed it was because sprint was working on the new system. but as of this week i still cannot recieve them anymore. so what gives their new service blocks what i use to be able to recieve? and why make such a big deal about the new sms service if it only does half of what companies like verizon provide for no addtional cost? i guess well know for sure after this tuesday. maybe ill at least be able to recieve international sms again. heck maybe ill end up being able to message them back. we'll see in a couple days. but i seriously find my new sanyo vm4500 pointless if sprint does not offer international texting. not enough people in the us do it yet and im more interested in keeping in touch with my friends in italy. ill prob switch to verizon. anyway well see. thanks

02-02-2004, 11:02 AM	#12
sprintguy Telephone User Join Date: Dec 23, '02 Location: northern nj Posts: 181 Phone: classified Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 137	Here's a list of countries (with carriers) you can SMS to: 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 Columbia: BellSouth Columbia Dominican Republic: CODETEL Ecuador: BellSouth Ecuador Guam: Hafatel Guatemala: BellSouth Guatemala Hong Kong: Sunday, Peoples Mexico: Lusacell, Telefonica Mexico, Nextel Mexico Panama: BellSouth de Panama Peru: BellSouth Peru, TIM Peru, Telefonica Peru, Nextel Peru Philippines: Globe, Smart Puerto Rico: Celulares Telefonica (Verizon), Cingular Gíreles, Telefonica Puerto Rico, TeleCorp PCS Saipan: Verizon Pacifica UK: T-Mobile UK Uruguay: Movicom (BellSouth) Venezuela: Telcel (BellSouth), Movilnet