sms via icq to cellcom

[sara fink]

found this too http://freesms.smsix.net/

yet, it doesn't send even to orange.

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Noam Meltzer <tsnoam at gmail.com> wrote:

> afaik, you can't send sms to cellcom from gmail, either.
>
> 2009/12/31 Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com>
>
> Hi,
>> If you're using gmail, you can send SMS through there.
>> Go to the "labs" tab in your settings, and enable "Text Messaging (SMS) in
>> Chat" and "SMS in chat gadget".
>> Save it, and in your contacts you can add the people's phone number and
>> send an SMS to them (up to 50 chars). If they reply to you, you'll be
>> credited with 5 SMS credits (you can go up to 50).
>>
>>  Thanks,
>> Hetz
>>
>> 2009/12/31 sara fink <sara.fink at gmail.com>
>>
>> Thanks. I use vicq from command line all the time. But, it wont send to
>>> cellcom users.
>>>
>>> Are there any other creative solutions?
>>>
>>> Someone told me now that since icq is part of aol, and aol has financial
>>> problems and probably will be closed, this might be a reason. to close the
>>> service.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to send sms via gmail to cellcom, other services?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Guy Sheffer <guysoft42 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cellcom must have terminated their agreement with ICQ.
>>>> ICQ sends SMSs only to carriers that have a contract with them.
>>>>
>>>> Cellcom used to have one. I guess they decided its not worth it.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, you might like to have a look at a program I wrote for this:
>>>> http://smser.sourceforge.net/
>>>> It uses centerIM to let you send SMS via ICQ on the commandline.
>>>>
>>>> Guy
>>>> On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 15:26 +0200, sara fink wrote:
>>>> > I created a new account and tried to send again to cellcom numbers
>>>> > (from windows) and it failed with the same error. Can someone confirm
>>>> > it happens the same in linux?
>>>> >
>>>> > Can someone call cellcom and ask what happened?
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:59 PM, sara fink <sara.fink at gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >         I tried today to send sms to cellcom via icq (done in this
>>>> >         case from a windows machine) and it said
>>>> >         SMS in Israel can only be sent to Orange and Pelephone.For
>>>> >         more details see http://www.icq.com/sms
>>>> >
>>>> >         It worked until yesterday just fine.
>>>> >
>>>> >         I haven't tried with linux yet, because I am not near the
>>>> >         computer with the vicq script.
>>>> >
>>>> >         Can anyone confirm if the problem persists in linux and/or
>>>> >         windows?
>>>> >
>>>> >
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