telna Mobile [split thread]

[inquisitor]

Originally Posted by hkr

As for me, I do not really need SMS, but a nice feature would be to be able to send SMS as if they would come from my main home number. Receiving SMS is free in most countries I visit, so I would be able to send SMS from one card, and receive SMS on another.

What I would appreciate is SMS delivery by eMail or web and SMS forwarding. As I discussed recently with a GSM specialist, it should be possible to modify the HLR, so all SMS (including those from third-party networks) would be first delivered to some SMS-proxy. Depending on user preferences that SMS-proxy would then

1. deliver messages to the phone and/or
2. forward messages to another number (subject to charge) and/or
3. forward message to an eMail address and
4. show all sent and incoming messages on the web.

That would be a very innovative and convinient service, that would open a lot of new possibilites.

Another innovative service would be call delivery including parallel call by SIP, as Austria's A1 (A1 over IP) and Germany's solomo offer. So users could also receive calls for free if received by VoIP (VoIP and GSM would ring simultaneously). That of course will decrease your revenue at first sight, but users would of course use that VoIP-account also for their outgoing calls, which would bypass Israel and so a higher margin could be left for you.

[telnamobile]

Originally Posted by inquisitor

What I would appreciate is SMS delivery by eMail or web and SMS forwarding. As I discussed recently with a GSM specialist, it should be possible to modify the HLR, so all SMS (including those from third-party networks) would be first delivered to some SMS-proxy. Depending on user preferences that SMS-proxy would then

1. deliver messages to the phone and/or
2. forward messages to another number (subject to charge) and/or
3. forward message to an eMail address and
4. show all sent and incoming messages on the web.

That would be a very innovative and convinient service, that would open a lot of new possibilites.

Those are actually features we intend to provide once we have the SMS feature with our service. We were going to store all incoming text messages in a mailbox on our website and then you would have the choice to let them go to your telna Mobile phone or forwarded via email or both. We could also store outgoing messages.

Originally Posted by inquisitor

Another innovative service would be call delivery including parallel call by SIP, as Austria's A1 (A1 over IP) and Germany's solomo offer. So users could also receive calls for free if received by VoIP (VoIP and GSM would ring simultaneously). That of course will decrease your revenue at first sight, but users would of course use that VoIP-account also for their outgoing calls, which would bypass Israel and so a higher margin could be left for you.

This makes sense, but that requires we develop a whole new product. It will be a little bit later as we have to do things in order.

[DRNewcomb]

Originally Posted by inquisitor

Another innovative service would be call delivery including parallel call by SIP, ... So users could also receive calls for free if received by VoIP (VoIP and GSM would ring simultaneously). That of course will decrease your revenue at first sight, but users would of course use that VoIP-account also for their outgoing calls, which would bypass Israel and so a higher margin could be left for you.

What it looks like we are building here is a combination of features from Google Voice, Truphone, Gizmo and an international SIM. Google Voice has a virtual SMS number which forwards SMS to a US cell phone. It also has online voicemail. Truphone forwards calls to VOIP or mobile based on if the VOIP is connected or not. Gizmo provides VOIP connections to all sorts of places. I've often wished I could get them to work with each other better.

[VladS]

TelnaMobile looks like a pretty promissing service, but I for one will pass as for all international customers they ask for a copy of the national ID.

Just like I wouldn't give service providers my SSN (or canadian SIN), I don't distribute copies of my ID(s).