sms via icq with the new mobile companies

[shimi]

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  Yes, they have an agreement. See
>> http://www.ynet.co.il/**articles/0,7340,L-3828098,00.**html<http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3828098,00.html>
>>
>
> 1. That article is 2 and 1/2 years old. A lot may have changed since then.
>
>
Perhaps, but no matter what, you cannot access a Telecom network subscriber
without negotiating some agreement with the subscriber's network (or with
someone else who has access to them). And if a subscriber network takes
money for inbound access (and at least in Israel - they do...), if you want
to send traffic to them FOR FREE, well, someone will have to make an
agreement. It doesn't matter how old the article is.

The above assertion will of course be void if and when the "dmey
kishuriyut" will be 0 agorot per SMS. We are not there yet (nor is that
planned for the near future, AFAIK). So far the cellular companies always
charged from their peers the maximum possible by law. So to get there, it
would probably require the MOC to decide that.

-- Shimi
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