USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) which was the primary messaging system used by subscribers to check their balance, top-up and access value-added services. Still widely used today, USSD communication (which rests primarily on signalling infrastructure – not data) is now currently being used to terminate A2P communication. 

How can Mobile Network Operators prevent SIM box activity from punching through their A2P business?

Mobile Network Operators are facing a plethora of challenges that are being triggered by the ever-evolving nature of their business, as this is shifting from a communication provider to a data platform and network business, with emphasis on the value chain. This change has brought about significant shift pains in the business model design, along with the investment required for more capable networks to cater to the looming hyper-connected future.

Since the advent of telecoms, hackers have had an abundance of techniques to penetrate, phish, capture and fraud subscribers globally. Mobile Network Operators are – shall we say – always fighting off new, and constant attacks.

WAS#10 – GSMA’s Wholesale Agreements and Solutions Group, happens twice per year — once in Europe and once outside Europe. Valenica will play host to the first meeting of this year happening between October 28th and 31st at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias.

CEBU, Philippines, besides its sublime natural beauty, is a place where the Telco industry converges on a 3-day conference to uncover the future of this highly competitive and valuable industry. The Asian Carriers Conference 2019, where its 15th edition is happening in the first week of September…

MWC is surely one of the best-known telecom events in the industry. The upcoming MWC 19 takes place in Shanghai New International Expo Centre…

Between 23rd and 26th, June 2019 telecommunication experts gather in Atlanta, USA for the annual International Telecoms Week. For this edition of the event…

Through 30 years of constant activity, CommunicAsia has established itself as a key event for the telecom industry in the Asian market. This year edition will take place in well known Marina Bay Sands, between 18 and 20 June. Through 30 years of constant activity, CommunicAsia has established itself as a key event for the […]

The second meeting of 2019 Fraud and Security Group is on the horizon line. The event will take place in Paris, France between 14th and 16th of May. The city certainly doesn’t need any introduction as it’s always ranked in the top most visited travel destinations in the world. Hyatt Regency Etoile hotel, the venue […]

Wholesale Agreements and Solutions Group, better known as GSMA’s WAS happens twice per year — once in Europe and once outside Europe. The first meeting of this year will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 8th and 11th April in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The group is responsible for operator-to-operator and operator-to-hub interoperability […]