Kannel: Open Source WAP and SMS gateway

Kannel is a compact and very powerful open source WAP and SMS gateway, used widely across the globe both for serving trillions of short messages (SMS), WAP Push service indications and mobile internet connectivity.

Meet us at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2024, 26 Feb - 29 Feb 2024.

As every year, we are attending the MWC in Barcelona, Spain. We will be available for professional discussions, introduction meetings and consulting services on the venue.

Please make an appointment by using our online meeting planers:

Make an appointment with Stipe Tolj

Latest news:

2021-06-11 Remembering René Kluwen
2018-06-19 Stable release 1.4.5 is out. (Download)
2014-08-01 Stable release 1.4.4 is out.
2010-10-20 Development release 1.5.0 is out. (Download)
2010-01-20 Kannel uses now Subversion as source code repository.
2009-05-06 Kannel uses now redmine for bug reporting and repository views.
2009-02-04 Stable release 1.4.3 is out.
2009-01-12 Stable release 1.4.2 is out.
2008-08-08 Kannel's Doxygen cross reference is available.
2008-03-12 Attend eComm 2008 and meet Stipe at his talk.
2007-04-26 New commercial mailing list available.
2006-10-08 Debian Sarge packages for 1.4.1-1 stable. are out.
2006-10-07 Over 500 downloads of new 1.4.1 stable tarball up to now.
2006-09-25 Stable release 1.4.1 is out.
2006-07-05 Mailing lists are available again.
2006-06-25 CVS service is available again.
2006-06-23 Kannel server is under heavy maintenance. Please expect downtimes and outages.
2005-12-22 Kannel is listed among other famous packages in the FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory
2005-12-22 Kannel received Editor's Choice award entry in The Open Directory Project
2005-12-14 Kannel project got 6 years old in November 2005
2004-11-25 Stable release 1.4.0 is out. (Download)
2004-10-08 Kannel serves as reference WAP 2.0 gateway for OpenGroup certification.

Check news for extra information about latest news.

The Kannel project was founded by Wapit Ltd. in June, 1999. Wapit does no longer exist and the project is coordinated by the members of the Kannel Group which include former staff members of wireless business industry companies among other individual developers and contributors. The Kannel Group is in the process of forming a legal body for the Kannel Project, the Kannel Software Foundation.

Contacts: See mailing lists page for contact information.

Kannel.org is hosted by GTX Messaging GmbH.

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