Wash,
From zain, please call another zain line, press a digit from the calling phone, you should hear a sound/tone on the other phone. That will show whether DTMF is available in that network.
Tito.
Hi Wash,
Could be be either....IMHO
> When I was almost hitting my /etc (End of Thinking Capacity), I figured out
> I could try swapping the Zain line for a safaricom line, just a hunch. I did
> this and voila! DTMF worked. Now after much testing, I realize that DTMF
> works from Zain <->Safaricom, from Zain->Telkom but NOT from Zain->Zain.
> Could this just be a misconfiguration on Zain's systems or a security
Probably...may many reasons... :)
> feature that they implemented and know about? Is there a reason a GSM
> operator would want to block DTMF on their systems?
Will help you ping some guys offlist, who'd have much more clue than
> I am asking this because I have wasted almost 72 hours on this, only to come
> and realize this "anomaly" on Zain's network. I'm really pissed off with
> Zain. However the system I am implementing MUST work with Zain so I need
> some clues before I go knocking on their doors to enable DTMF.
>
> PS: Pinging.... Kennedy Nyarotho, or who was that on this list who knew so
> much about GSM? :-)
me ..then you can post your "happily ever after" later.
BR,
S
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