Short Message Service Center (SMSC)

SMS: A Global Market
An Intervoice Short Message Service Center provides the means for subscribers and service providers to participate in the single most widely used data application in the mobile world: text messaging.

Intervoice SMSC
Provides a scalable, reliable, network grade SMSC supporting peer to peer, notification, and premium rate SMS services.

The product has been primarily designed for cost effectiveness and processing efficiency and supports all core functions of the ETSI SMSC specification. Other value added services and notification traffic are supported through SMPP. It provides reporting, configuration, translation, and screening functionality, scaling from 25 to 1600 mps in a single node.

Target Markets
The Intervoice SMSC is highly suited to emerging GSM markets; it is a highly efficient and reliable platform designed for tier 2 and tier 3 operators and MVNO's operating in GSM only networks. It supports the core features that these markets demand in a cost efficient, small footprint configuration.

Market Opportunity
SMS traffic is projected to grow at a 20% annually over the next three years, with over one trillion messages being sent in 2005. This growth will drive additional SMSC capacity and innovative SMS based services.

Key Features

  • Scalable from 25 to 1600 mps on a single node
  • Integrated First Delivery Attempt (FDA) Engine
  • Pre-Pay Billing via Ericsson SCA DIAMETER
  • Support for SMPP based ESMEs
  • End user commands for Copy, Forward, Distribution Lists
  • Supported Protocols: SMPP, ETSI GSM, ANSI GSM , UMTS/GPRS
  • Supported Signalling Interfaces: SS7 LSL, SIGTRAN M3UA

Benefits

  • Effective solution for Cost Sensitive markets
  • Single Box entry level with clear migration to larger configurations
  • Proven track record of successful delivery in challenging territories.
  • Multi-Application Deployment option with Intervoice Messaging solutions
  • Flexibility to tailor to customer's needs
  • Flexibility to integrate to customers equipment

For information on Intervoice's Short Message Router, click here.