Clickatell SMS
An industry initiative to streamline SMS interconnectivity between operators will see Clickatell, the world's premier mobile messaging operator, become a key regional processing hub for messages.
SMS hubs dramatically streamline the process of SMS inter-working among operators in the world, traditionally done via bilateral relationships.By connecting to an SMS hub an operator gets access to all the other mobile networks connected to that hub and other connected regional hubs.This solution ensures that operators and their customers will benefit from a high level of service quality, and protection against spam, security, billing and settlement, while maintaining the independence of each operator to determine its own pricing structures.
As well as simplifying the connections between GSM networks, the hubs will enable access to and from non-GSM operators, including conversion to and from CDMA technology. The hubs will also remove potential access protocol issues by allowing translation between IP and SS7.
Clickatell's experience in aggregating and optimising mobile network routes for SMS delivery, as well as its SS7 capability via its own carrier grade messaging infrastructure, gives the company the ideal pedigree to be a primary hubbing partner for operators.
The GSM Association concluded a full-scale pan-continental hubbing trial during September 2006 as part of its Open Hubbing Connectivity Project.The trial involved various SMS hub providers, including Clickatell, demonstrating inter-working and taking responsibility for all billable revenue on SMS traffic sent via the hubs.
SMS hubs dramatically streamline the process of SMS inter-working among operators in the world, traditionally done via bilateral relationships.By connecting to an SMS hub an operator gets access to all the other mobile networks connected to that hub and other connected regional hubs.This solution ensures that operators and their customers will benefit from a high level of service quality, and protection against spam, security, billing and settlement, while maintaining the independence of each operator to determine its own pricing structures.
As well as simplifying the connections between GSM networks, the hubs will enable access to and from non-GSM operators, including conversion to and from CDMA technology. The hubs will also remove potential access protocol issues by allowing translation between IP and SS7.
Clickatell's experience in aggregating and optimising mobile network routes for SMS delivery, as well as its SS7 capability via its own carrier grade messaging infrastructure, gives the company the ideal pedigree to be a primary hubbing partner for operators.
The GSM Association concluded a full-scale pan-continental hubbing trial during September 2006 as part of its Open Hubbing Connectivity Project.The trial involved various SMS hub providers, including Clickatell, demonstrating inter-working and taking responsibility for all billable revenue on SMS traffic sent via the hubs.
