Operators can enable VoIP softphone subscribers to send and receive SMS text messages to and from mobile phone numbers now, thanks to CounterPath Corp.’s Messaging Convergence Gateway. The carrier-based, core-network messaging server bridges VoIP and mobile SMS infrastructure. “SMS has surpassed telephone calls to become today’s most widely used means of device-driven communication,” said Donovan Jones, CEO of CounterPath, in ... (211 words)

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