Re: Telstra launches SMS from fixed lines

[Simon VK3XEM]

Giles wrote:
> FYI - Telstra media release
> http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/media/release.cfm?ObjectID=33317
>
> =-=-=
> 28 February 2005
> Home phones join the texting revolution today
>
> Telstra today launched Australia's first text message service for home
> telephones, giving more than 10 million households the chance to join
> the "texting" revolution.
>
> The launch of this text message service means home phone users with
> compatible services can now read and send text messages on their
> landlines using specially designed telephones in the same way they do
> with mobile phones.
>
> Telstra's Head of Consumer Marketing, Jenny Young, said the new home
> text messaging service would provide an important bridge between text
> savvy mobile phone users and the home phone market.
>
> "Text messaging is already extraordinarily popular in Australia with
> more than 100 million SMS sent by Telstra customers each month," she
> said. "We anticipate that having text messaging available on the home
> phone will trigger a new wave of text messaging popularity,
> particularly among mums, dads and grandparents.
>
> "Text messaging on home phones is set to help families stay in touch.
> For example, teenagers who are out and about can now text home to let
> their parents know where they are, or that they need a lift home.
>
> "Conversely, parents can now send a text message from their home phone
> to their teenager's mobile asking what time they'll be home."
>
> Cathy Freeman today sent Australia's very first text message from a
> home phone. Her message was sent to athlete, Kyle Vander Kuyp, who is
> training for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Cathy wrote:
>
> "Kyle. Keep up the training - 2006 Comm Games will b awesome. Cathy."
>
> Sending text messages from your home phone is simple. Telstra customers
> with a compatible service and an SMS-enabled home phone use their
> keypad to send text messages just as they would to send text on a
> mobile phone.
>
> To send text messages to a home phone, simply type the message, key in
> the full 10-digit fixed phone number including the STD area code
> without spaces (eg. 0297101234) and press send.
>
> Reading a text message on one of the new telephones is identical to
> reading a text message on a mobile phone. Even homes without a new
> SMS-enabled phone can receive SMS using Telstra's Talking Text" service
> that was launched in 2004 and converts text messages into speech that
> is relayed to the person answering the home phone.
>
> Ms Young said the new text messaging service was the latest example of
> Telstra striving to deliver products and services that enhance the
> lives of its customers.
>
> "Text messaging makes the home phone more versatile than ever before,"
> she said. "It follows the roll-out of hundreds of SMS-enabled public
> payphones across Australia."
>
> SMS-enabled phones are priced from $129.95 from Telstra Shops and are
> also available at other retailers. Telstra home phone customers pay no
> additional monthly fee for access to the text messaging service and SMS
> cost 25 cents each to send from the home phone.
>
> To help first-time-texters, Telstra has launched an online SMS
> dictionary designed to assist in deciphering text message
> abbreviations. The dictionary can be found online at
> http://www.telstra.com.au/talkingtext/dictionary.cfm
>
> Text messaging on home phones is currently exclusive to Telstra, and
> customers of Telstra resellers. Other operators expected to follow and
> introduce the service later in the year.
>
> For more information on text messaging from your home phone visit
> http://www.telstra.com.au/talkingtext/index.htm or telephone 1800 008
> 135.
>
> Warwick Ponder
> Tel: (02) 9298 4619 or Mob: 0409 369 711
>
> Reference Number: 073/2005

Does anyone know if there is any software we can run to access SMS via
our PC, rather than going out and buying an SMS landline phone?



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[Rod Speed]

"Simon VK3XEM" <usenet@vk3xem.net> wrote in message
news:422b7d16$1_2@news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com. ..
> Giles wrote:
>> FYI - Telstra media release
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/media/release.cfm?ObjectID=33317
>>
>> =-=-=
>> 28 February 2005
>> Home phones join the texting revolution today
>>
>> Telstra today launched Australia's first text message service for home
>> telephones, giving more than 10 million households the chance to join
>> the "texting" revolution.
>>
>> The launch of this text message service means home phone users with
>> compatible services can now read and send text messages on their
>> landlines using specially designed telephones in the same way they do
>> with mobile phones.
>>
>> Telstra's Head of Consumer Marketing, Jenny Young, said the new home
>> text messaging service would provide an important bridge between text
>> savvy mobile phone users and the home phone market.
>>
>> "Text messaging is already extraordinarily popular in Australia with
>> more than 100 million SMS sent by Telstra customers each month," she
>> said. "We anticipate that having text messaging available on the home
>> phone will trigger a new wave of text messaging popularity,
>> particularly among mums, dads and grandparents.
>>
>> "Text messaging on home phones is set to help families stay in touch.
>> For example, teenagers who are out and about can now text home to let
>> their parents know where they are, or that they need a lift home.
>>
>> "Conversely, parents can now send a text message from their home phone
>> to their teenager's mobile asking what time they'll be home."
>>
>> Cathy Freeman today sent Australia's very first text message from a
>> home phone. Her message was sent to athlete, Kyle Vander Kuyp, who is
>> training for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Cathy wrote:
>>
>> "Kyle. Keep up the training - 2006 Comm Games will b awesome. Cathy."
>>
>> Sending text messages from your home phone is simple. Telstra customers
>> with a compatible service and an SMS-enabled home phone use their
>> keypad to send text messages just as they would to send text on a
>> mobile phone.
>>
>> To send text messages to a home phone, simply type the message, key in
>> the full 10-digit fixed phone number including the STD area code
>> without spaces (eg. 0297101234) and press send.
>>
>> Reading a text message on one of the new telephones is identical to
>> reading a text message on a mobile phone. Even homes without a new
>> SMS-enabled phone can receive SMS using Telstra's Talking Text" service
>> that was launched in 2004 and converts text messages into speech that
>> is relayed to the person answering the home phone.
>>
>> Ms Young said the new text messaging service was the latest example of
>> Telstra striving to deliver products and services that enhance the
>> lives of its customers.
>>
>> "Text messaging makes the home phone more versatile than ever before,"
>> she said. "It follows the roll-out of hundreds of SMS-enabled public
>> payphones across Australia."
>>
>> SMS-enabled phones are priced from $129.95 from Telstra Shops and are
>> also available at other retailers. Telstra home phone customers pay no
>> additional monthly fee for access to the text messaging service and SMS
>> cost 25 cents each to send from the home phone.
>>
>> To help first-time-texters, Telstra has launched an online SMS
>> dictionary designed to assist in deciphering text message
>> abbreviations. The dictionary can be found online at
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/talkingtext/dictionary.cfm
>>
>> Text messaging on home phones is currently exclusive to Telstra, and
>> customers of Telstra resellers. Other operators expected to follow and
>> introduce the service later in the year.
>>
>> For more information on text messaging from your home phone visit
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/talkingtext/index.htm or telephone 1800 008
>> 135.
>>
>> Warwick Ponder
>> Tel: (02) 9298 4619 or Mob: 0409 369 711
>>
>> Reference Number: 073/2005

> Does anyone know if there is any software we can run to access SMS via our PC,
> rather than going out and buying an SMS landline phone?

You're gunna need a lot more than just software for receiving particularly.

[John Smith]

Simon VK3XEM wrote:
> Giles wrote:
>
>> FYI - Telstra media release
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/media/release.cfm?ObjectID=33317
>>
>> =-=-=
>> 28 February 2005
>> Home phones join the texting revolution today
>>
>> Telstra today launched Australia's first text message service for home
>> telephones, giving more than 10 million households the chance to join
>> the "texting" revolution.
>>
>> The launch of this text message service means home phone users with
>> compatible services can now read and send text messages on their
>> landlines using specially designed telephones in the same way they do
>> with mobile phones.
>>
>> Telstra's Head of Consumer Marketing, Jenny Young, said the new home
>> text messaging service would provide an important bridge between text
>> savvy mobile phone users and the home phone market.
>>
>> "Text messaging is already extraordinarily popular in Australia with
>> more than 100 million SMS sent by Telstra customers each month," she
>> said. "We anticipate that having text messaging available on the home
>> phone will trigger a new wave of text messaging popularity,
>> particularly among mums, dads and grandparents.
>>
>> "Text messaging on home phones is set to help families stay in touch.
>> For example, teenagers who are out and about can now text home to let
>> their parents know where they are, or that they need a lift home.
>>
>> "Conversely, parents can now send a text message from their home phone
>> to their teenager's mobile asking what time they'll be home."
>>
>> Cathy Freeman today sent Australia's very first text message from a
>> home phone. Her message was sent to athlete, Kyle Vander Kuyp, who is
>> training for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Cathy wrote:
>>
>> "Kyle. Keep up the training - 2006 Comm Games will b awesome. Cathy."
>>
>> Sending text messages from your home phone is simple. Telstra customers
>> with a compatible service and an SMS-enabled home phone use their
>> keypad to send text messages just as they would to send text on a
>> mobile phone.
>>
>> To send text messages to a home phone, simply type the message, key in
>> the full 10-digit fixed phone number including the STD area code
>> without spaces (eg. 0297101234) and press send.
>>
>> Reading a text message on one of the new telephones is identical to
>> reading a text message on a mobile phone. Even homes without a new
>> SMS-enabled phone can receive SMS using Telstra's Talking Text" service
>> that was launched in 2004 and converts text messages into speech that
>> is relayed to the person answering the home phone.
>>
>> Ms Young said the new text messaging service was the latest example of
>> Telstra striving to deliver products and services that enhance the
>> lives of its customers.
>>
>> "Text messaging makes the home phone more versatile than ever before,"
>> she said. "It follows the roll-out of hundreds of SMS-enabled public
>> payphones across Australia."
>>
>> SMS-enabled phones are priced from $129.95 from Telstra Shops and are
>> also available at other retailers. Telstra home phone customers pay no
>> additional monthly fee for access to the text messaging service and SMS
>> cost 25 cents each to send from the home phone.
>>
>> To help first-time-texters, Telstra has launched an online SMS
>> dictionary designed to assist in deciphering text message
>> abbreviations. The dictionary can be found online at
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/talkingtext/dictionary.cfm
>>
>> Text messaging on home phones is currently exclusive to Telstra, and
>> customers of Telstra resellers. Other operators expected to follow and
>> introduce the service later in the year.
>>
>> For more information on text messaging from your home phone visit
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/talkingtext/index.htm or telephone 1800 008
>> 135.
>>
>> Warwick Ponder
>> Tel: (02) 9298 4619 or Mob: 0409 369 711
>>
>> Reference Number: 073/2005
>
>
> Does anyone know if there is any software we can run to access SMS via
> our PC, rather than going out and buying an SMS landline phone?

Get a nokia phone and download windows drivers/apps, then get say a
cheap vodafone capped plan, and SMS away...

[Paul Worsley]

snip
>>
>> "Text messaging makes the home phone more versatile than ever before,"
>> she said. "It follows the roll-out of hundreds of SMS-enabled public
>> payphones across Australia."
>>
>> SMS-enabled phones are priced from $129.95 from Telstra Shops and are
>> also available at other retailers. Telstra home phone customers pay no
>> additional monthly fee for access to the text messaging service and SMS
>> cost 25 cents each to send from the home phone.
>>
>> To help first-time-texters, Telstra has launched an online SMS
>> dictionary designed to assist in deciphering text message
>> abbreviations. The dictionary can be found online at
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/talkingtext/dictionary.cfm
>>
>> Text messaging on home phones is currently exclusive to Telstra, and
>> customers of Telstra resellers. Other operators expected to follow and
>> introduce the service later in the year.
>>
>> For more information on text messaging from your home phone visit
>> http://www.telstra.com.au/talkingtext/index.htm or telephone 1800 008
>> 135.
>>
>> Warwick Ponder
>> Tel: (02) 9298 4619 or Mob: 0409 369 711
>>
>> Reference Number: 073/2005
>
> Does anyone know if there is any software we can run to access SMS via our
> PC, rather than going out and buying an SMS landline phone?
> 73 de Simon, VK3XEM.

Due to the way that Fixed Line SMS works (V23 half duplex), it is not
possible to use a normal modem. A UK company has developed a modem and
software for sending and receiving via a PC. You can find information at
www.z-text.com . The company are actively seeking a distribution partner in
Australia.

Paul
real is pjw at ntstelcom#co#uk

[alice]

Simon VK3XEM wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is any software we can run to access SMS via
> our PC, rather than going out and buying an SMS landline phone?
>

Why don't you just use your UHF CB?

LOL!!

[The Family]

"Paul Worsley" <pjw@WRONGntstelecom.co.uk> wrote in message
news:422c1704$0$26740$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com ...
> snip
>>>
> Due to the way that Fixed Line SMS works (V23 half duplex), it is not
> possible to use a normal modem. A UK company has developed a modem and
> software for sending and receiving via a PC. You can find information at
> www.z-text.com . The company are actively seeking a distribution partner
> in Australia.
>
> Paul

There are plenty of (older) v23 half duplex modems around Australia, many
now in land fill.

Netcomm, for example, marketed a bunch of them back in the days when Telecom
(ie pre-Telstra days!) was offering an online service called Viatel. Viatel
was a closed-system online service, marketed to retail consumers, with the
look and feel of Channel 7's Teletext. Only it had two-way data
transmission capabilities.

[Paul Worsley]

"The Family" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:422f1b9e$1@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> "Paul Worsley" <pjw@WRONGntstelecom.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:422c1704$0$26740$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com ...
>> snip
>>>>
>> Due to the way that Fixed Line SMS works (V23 half duplex), it is not
>> possible to use a normal modem. A UK company has developed a modem and
>> software for sending and receiving via a PC. You can find information at
>> www.z-text.com . The company are actively seeking a distribution partner
>> in Australia.
>>
>> Paul
>
> There are plenty of (older) v23 half duplex modems around Australia, many
> now in land fill.
>
> Netcomm, for example, marketed a bunch of them back in the days when
> Telecom (ie pre-Telstra days!) was offering an online service called
> Viatel. Viatel was a closed-system online service, marketed to retail
> consumers, with the look and feel of Channel 7's Teletext. Only it had
> two-way data transmission capabilities.

The modems you are referring to would be 1200/75. Fixed Line SMS is
1200/1200 FSK.

The technical specification is ES 201 912, you can obtain a copy FOC from
the ETSI download area http://pda.etsi.org/pda/queryform.asp Telstra are
probably only utilising Protocol 1.

Paul
www.landlinesms.com