Syniverse has launched its LTE Hub, a one-stop exchange that delivers LTE and IMS interoperability and interworking, 4G clearing and settlement, next-generation customer care solutions and advanced messaging gateway capabilities.
“Around the globe, operators are making tremendous progress rolling out LTE networks,” said Jeff Gordon, president and CEO of Syniverse. “For end users, the most important factor is that these networks interoperate with each other and interwork with supporting Wi-Fi and legacy cellular networks to offer the ubiquitous coverage to which mobile users have become accustomed. For operators, this means they must take steps to deliver full-service 4G interoperability and interworking today to deliver advanced services well into the future.”
Activity around LTE hubbing and IP exchanges (IPX) is starting to accelerate as LTE comes to market and more and more traffic is carried over IP technology. The industry is going through a landgrab phase as exchange providers seek to attract large numbers of CSP customers, thereby making their exchanges more attractive to CSPs.
In addition to Syniverse, IP Exchange providers include BICS, BT Global Telecom Markets, Sybase 365 and others, although Syniverse would argue that the establishment of its LTE Hub goes beyond the standard IPX concept because it integrates 4G with customer care solutions and other functionality such as LTE roaming, video calling and messaging support. Syniverse claims its IPX solution now connects more than 80 CSPs.
“4G roaming and interworking present a host of complexities for operators, so it’s critical to take a long-term strategic approach to maximize back-end efficiencies and to focus on the end-user experience,” Gordon added. “Syniverse will smooth the transition in every way possible. Instead of having to vet, implement and manage separate solutions for network, clearing and settlement, customer care, and messaging, mobile operators can obtain all of these vital solutions via a single source, the Syniverse IPX network. Only Syniverse offers this breadth of 4G solutions, all of which are backed by our 25 years of simplifying complexity for the mobile ecosystem.”
