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mod_gsmopen for FreeSWITCH is coming!

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

the first beta of gsmopen for FreeSWITCH is coming this week!

GSMopen is an endpoint (channel driver) that allows SMSs to/from FreeSWITCH and incoming and outgoing GSM voice calls (that can be bridged, originated, answered, etc. as in all other endpoints, e.g. sofia/SIP). SMSs on FreeSWITCH are handled following the CHAT API (like the text messaging in Sofia and Jingle). Full Event support!

Think of GSMopen as similar to OpenZAP for analog lines. For each channel you need an interface (a GSM modem and a sound I/O). So, for example, two concurrent calls would need two channels, and therefore two GSM modems and sound I/Os connected to your FreeSWITCH server.

Obviously you must have credit on the SIM(s) inside the interface(s) to make and receive calls, just like you need credits for your regular cellphone to work.

GSMopen uses *very* low CPU, so it can works with the less powerful server platforms without problems (eg: embedded appliances).

You can view the wiki page describing gsmopen at:

http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/GSMopen