sending sms to a mobile from PC

[glfeisser]

I am currently working on a educational project and I need to send SMS to a mobile from my application. For the prototype, I don't actually need to use a mobile distributor.
I know it is possible to send messages to a mobile via a serial cable connected to the PC. Oher options would be to use a GSM modem or an operator gateway.
Does anyone have any recommendation on which would be the best option and also most economic?
I have been talking to different networks and mobile distributers to arrange some type of agreement but this is still ongoing...

thanks,
glfeisser

[tarunnasa]

Hello friend im also on the same goal as u as i need to recieve an sms store it in a database & then autogenerate an sms to reply back to the customer.For this i have an idea to access the folders inbox/outbox created when installing the nokia PC suite but i dont know how to access these folders as they are not part of the drives like "C:,D:". If u or anyone in the forum can sought it out then ill be very thankfull.

[RocketBob]

You could write a Python program on PC, and download and use the Ptyhon serial package.

We have an application that does this on Unix, and the serial layer works on PC also.

[tarunnasa]

Thanks for the reply but if anyone can help me in java/vb then it would be very usefull as i havent sudied python till now.