Elitnet’s Messaging Center provides a complete, scalable, high-performance messaging platform and open interface/API for extended SMS and MMS processing implementation.
The Messaging Center provides a feature-rich, innovative, and convergent platform which manages person-to-person (P2P), application-to-person (A2P), person-to-application (P2A), and application-to-application (A2A) messaging streams.
The product features a modular, distributed architecture, allowing the MNO to implement only the parts necessary for current operating levels and expand the platform with a selection of plug-ins depending on their growing needs.
The Messaging Center is deployed on Elitnet’s Agate Telecom Application Server, designed to ensure five-nines (99.999%) availability, horizontal scalability, and zero downtime during maintenance. The Messaging Center can also be deployed in a virtual environment.
KEY FEATURES
KEY SMSC FUNCTIONALITIES
Messaging Center features all key SMSC functionalities, such as SMS submit, SMS validation, SMS fraud prevention, online charging, TCAP handshake, SMS delivery (including first delivery attempt, version downgrade, and concatenated messages), and delivery reports.
KEY MMSC FUNCTIONALITIES
Messaging Center features all key MMSC functionalities, such as MMS submit, charging reservation, MMS notification delivery, delivery reports, and MMS retrieval.
ROUTING RULES
Various routing rules may be configured for the sender’s number mask, recipient’s number mask, and/or sender’s VLR. Messaging Center checks these rules before message delivery and can apply a number of fully customizable actions if there is a match.
SENDER, VLR, AND
RECIPIENT BLACKLISTS
Messaging Center allows configuring global message sender (blocks from sending messages), recipient (blocks from receiving messages), and VLR (blocks SCCP calling addresses) blacklists.
ACCOUNT TYPE-BASED
CHARGING
Different charging actions may be taken depending on the message sender’s account type (prepaid, postpaid). For example, the Messaging Center generates CDRs for postpaid subscribers and sends real-time charging requests to the OPSC for prepaid subscribers.
OPENNESS TO VALUE-
ADDED SERVICES
Messaging Center is open to implementation of additional VAS and uses routing rules to route SMS messages to respective VAS. A few examples of VAS which may be implemented include SMS Archive, SMS-to-Email, and Information/Entertainment VAS.
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