摘要 |
Procedure for providing an answering service in a telecommunications network (1), which comprises a first short-message service center (2); a telephone network (3) using digital signalling and connected to the mobile communication network and a number of telecommunication terminals (4; 41, 42, . . . , 4n), which are compatible with the mobile communication and/or telephone network, in which procedure a response message is transmitted from a called party's telecommunications terminal to a calling party's telecommunication terminal after the calling party has tried to call the called party, who has activated an answering service in his/her telecommunication terminal. According to the invention, the response message is a predetermined short message. The telephone netowrk (3) isi connected to the first short-message service center (2) via a first telecommunication link (6). Subscriber type identification of the calling party is added to the response message and the response message is transmitted to the first short-message service center (2). The calling party's subscriber type is verified in the short-message service center, and, based on this, the response message is sent via an appropriate route to the called party.
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