Configuration and settings
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SMS terminal unit support
Short messages (SMS)
Details on the service 'SMS in the fixed net'
SMS service allows sending short text messages to or receiving them from
other terminal units. Those messages will not be sent directly to the other
terminal unit, they will be transferred via the SMS service centre of your
telephone company. A message can be up to 160 characters in length. Q
requirement for using SMS caller ID (CLIP) support. The only ting you have to
do then is to subscribe to your SMS service centre.
In case you register with your telephone company for fixed net SMS (sending
and receiving) there are several options to send SMS test messages. Examples
are sending your test message to a fax machine or even to subscribers that do
not have an terminal unit that supports SMS. In this case the text message will
be read to the subscriber as a voice message. You can also have your SMS
transmission being confirmed once it has been received. For more details on
these and other functions please refer to information brochures of your
telephone company.
To enable you to receive or send short messages (SMS) you need a terminal
unit which supports SMS (e.g. tiptel easyDECT XL
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275). Also the following requirements have to be taken into account:
Configuration of your telephony connection
Please verify that the features 'Send Caller ID' and 'Show Caller ID' (CLIP going
and coming) are enabled. Please contact your telephone company to ask them
whether or not these features are available at your telephony connection.
Eventually you will also have to verify if 'Show Caller ID' (CLIP) has been
activated in your telephone system and that 'Send Caller ID' (CLIR) has not
been disabled. In particular it is mandatory that the telephone number your are
sending matches the one you are going to use to receive SMS messages.
Register/deregister at the SMS service centre
In order to be able to receive a fixed net SMS you will have to register your
SMS terminal device (e.g. telephone) with the SMS service of your telephone
company. In the whole of Germany, e.g. the SMS service centre of German
Telecom can be accessed via the telephone number '0193010'. The SMS
