Interop Technologies, a leading provider of advanced wireless
technology solutions for the global wireless, packaged goods, and
content industries, today announced that its SMSC 4 Series solution
delivers the worlds highest throughput for SMS Centers (SMSCs). The
technology breakthrough helps eliminate delayed messages for customers
and improve cost efficiencies for operators.
The SMSC 4 Series
provides up to 36,000 message delivery attempts (MDAs) per second,
setting a new industry standard and more than doubling the highest SMSC
throughput announced to date. The technology achievement is important
because SMS volume continues to increase, pushing technology limits for
many wireless operators and causing blocked messages during peak
periods. Gartner, Inc.
forecasts 2.3 trillion messages will be sent across major markets
worldwide in 2008, a 19.6 percent increase from the 2007 total of 1.9
trillion messages.
To date, many wireless operators have scaled their capability to
meet increased SMS volume and availability requirements by linking
multiple SMSCs in daisy chains. However, this practice can result in
technical and human resource inefficiencies that increase operating
costs and negatively affect reliability. The SMSC 4 Series solves these
problems and can be scaled to meet the needs of any size wireless
operator.
"This throughput level is an achievement for the industry and Interop
Technologies," said Will Hodgman, Executive Vice President of comScore.
"The number of Americans sending text messages grew 31 percent over the
past year, with 117 million using SMS in June. This technology is very
important and timely due to the surging demand for text messaging."
The Interop Technologies SMSC 4 Series combines innovative use
of SMS routers, clustering and load balancing technologies, and
intelligent route caching to provide extreme scalability and eliminate
the need for multiple SMSCs. Since fewer SMSC installations and related
technical personnel are required, operators can reduce costs. In
addition, operators can improve service for SMS customers. The
state-of-the-art, carrier-grade SMSC 4 Series provides the five-nines
(99.999 percent) reliability that operators require.
Interop Technologies
has commercially deployed the SMSC 4 Series for dozens of wireless
companies operating in the company?s hosted and turnkey environments.
Interop Technologies offers the technology, which includes hardware,
software, and support services, in flexible deployment options.
"The SMSC 4 Series is already helping network operators meet the
current demands in messaging growth while providing a better customer
experience" said Damian Sazama, Vice President of Marketing and Product
Development for Interop Technologies. "This solution also will help
simplify SMSC operation and reduce the total cost of ownership.