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With the broadband enabled, to my surprise, my laptop has a phone number with which it can send and receive SMS. Now, would it be possible to send a FAX from the computer? It would be from a file or via a printer-like device-driver. Either is fine. The laptop runs Windows 7 64-bits if that makes a difference.

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    In order to be able to answer this, we have to know more about how it sends/receives SMS messages. – LPChip Apr 30 '14 at 13:17
  • What in the world do you mean by "broadband"? You mean you are tethering to your cell phone? – psusi Apr 30 '14 at 14:23
  • possible duplicate of [Sending a Fax without a fax number](http://superuser.com/questions/440451/sending-a-fax-without-a-fax-number), [How can I send a fax with Windows 7 connected on DSL?](http://superuser.com/questions/86758/how-can-i-send-a-fax-with-windows-7-connected-on-dsl?rq=1) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Apr 30 '14 at 15:09
  • @techie007 Not duplicate. The laptop HAS a phone number and it's not my cell number to be clear. – Itai Apr 30 '14 at 16:19
  • @psusi - Maybe they call it differently where you are. Here they say 'broadband' or 'wwan' which means my laptop is connected to a cellular network. In this case a 4G LTE one but it can also connect over 3G, so hopefully the solution applies. – Itai Apr 30 '14 at 16:21
  • @LPChip - No idea how it does it and it even surprised me! When I activate the broadband service I got a 'Welcome' message. I try to send from my cell to the laptop and from the laptop to the cell and it works. That's how I found out my laptop's phone number :) – Itai Apr 30 '14 at 16:22
  • Maybe the laptop has a SIM card inside? – Darius Apr 30 '14 at 16:23
  • @Darius - Yes. It is Micro-SIM in fact. That one I put it myself, so I know. – Itai Apr 30 '14 at 16:25
  • @itai You may need to check with your SIM Card provider to see if they allow faxing over the mobile number. Also on Windows 8 (and most likely Windows 7) there is an option to "Print" to a Fax.. have you tried that? – Darius Apr 30 '14 at 16:31
  • Print to FAX does not work but good suggestion! – Itai May 01 '14 at 00:06

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Apparently, according to the provider, it is not possible. A phone number is just part of the way SIM cards identify themselves but, unless one has analog service too, faxing is not possible.

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