On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:27 PM, aki
<aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
>Hello Skunk(ette)s,
>Yes! The good news is that Zain have finally allowed in-band DTMF on their network. Their engineer called me this morning to >inform me that they have "listened to my cries" and a policy change has been effected to allow in-band DTMF.
>I've tested this with my system, which now works with both Zain/Safaricom/Telkom --> Zain.
>However, this has not been implemented in all their switches, but will be by end of the week so if it still doesn't work from your >location, don't despair. It will work.
>Best regards,
>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
@Wash, truly an achievement! How did you manage to push the mountains? WOW! You just paved the way for others to implement their future systems based on your efforts. A big thanks.
@Aki,
I'd say luck was on my side. If that's not it, then it was must have been a case of having stale policies which needed to be reviewed, but a case for such review had not come up.
BTW, it would be nice if folks could test out the system and report back if DTMF is working on Zain from all corners of Kenya the way they promised me.
The test is simple: Dial 0732 325 666 and when prompted for extension or short code, dial *3504. It it works, you will hear the system saying "transferring to extension three five zero four" and you may say "Hi" to me. If it fails, it will say "transferring to extension two zero two".