How to send/receive SMS with Asterisk

Does Asterisk provides function to send / receive SMS to / from mobile phone? If not, what kind of workaround is available?

Thanks alot for your help.

Hi. It can send sms if your pstn line supports it. otherwise there are various methods either by script or nativly with applictaions such as app_fastsms which lets them be sent from the dialplan.

What do you want to send the sms for ? normal uses are missed calls. voicemail notification etc

Ian

Hi,
I want to use SMS to create a directory where user can make some selection based on the SMS received ( ex. reply A: get phone number, reply B: get fax number ) all done through SMS back and forth.

Is this something that can be done?

I can get a GSM modem but it is only for local. I want to do it so people from different countries can send /receive SMS in local rate.