Comverse has announced that Taiwanese mobile operator MoBiTai, has selected it's Intelligent Short Message Service Center (ISMSC) to supplement their existing SMS system and handle increased traffic. Comverse also recently announced that MoBiTai selected Comverse to supply its Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) and Mobile Data Gateway (MDG) to replace their existing gateway and enable their MMS service. The Comverse ISMSC system, includes support for Prepaid SMS.
"In order to address the still rapidly growing usage of text messaging services, we decided for a capacity expansion with the Comverse ISMSC. It gives us the flexibility and efficiency of dealing with even enormous peaks in demand," says Dr. Michael Mertsch, Executive Vice President of MoBiTai.
The Comverse ISMSC delivers short messages in more than 190 mobile networks worldwide. It offers high-traffic support, cost-saving connectivity options, and the ability to optimize system resources and delivery mechanisms to match the different kinds of SMS traffic in the network, such as person-to-person messaging, notification, push, Comverse Who Called, and other applications. The ISMSC integrates into all major mobile networks, including GSM, GPRS, CDMA and TDMA. Moreover, its support for Prepaid SMS, allows mobile carriers to provide the same level of SMS service to both prepaid and contract subscribers.
"Comverse is very excited about the opportunities for SMS in Taiwan and is pleased to be associated with MoBiTai, a major player in the market. We believe that our solutions will play a significant role in the development and success of SMS services in this region," said Yossi Shabat, Vice President of Comverse Asia Pacific."
Posted to the site on 6th August 2003
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