Network function virtualization (NFV)

NFV was introduced to reduce the number of hardware platform and create flexibility in network and IT domain. NFV aims to leverage IT standard virtualization technology to consolidate network applications into  telecommunication standard service switches and storage and to create…

Telecom billing process

The billing process gathers all charges, prepaid, postpaid and hybrid, due for the current settlement period and creates a convergent invoice for end customers and business partners. The billing can be run flexibly, in regular mode, on-demand, immediate, and in…

Andriod messaging: Radio Interface layer

Android SDK provides apis for sending sms and receiving SMS The two primary classes as part of  android.telephony package used for developing SMS application are 1)SMSManager 2)SMSMessage SMS Send : SMSManager class has api sendTextMessage(String destination_Address,String service_center address,String message, PendingIntent…

Short code

Short codes or short numbers are special telephone numbers, to address SMS and MMS messages from mobile phone or fixed phone. There are two types of short codes: dialing and messaging. Short codes are widely used for VAS such as…

Closed User Group (CUG)

Closed User group (CUG) is a supplementary services provided by the mobile operators to mobile subscriber’s who can make and receive calls from member associated within the group. This service applicable for SMS also. There will be administrative owner who will be…

Telecom Rating process

Rating is process to calculate subscriber’s usage charges (Voice/SMS/Other services) as per subscriber’s rate plan and finally loaded into DB for further prospects. The rated CDR further sent to credit monitoring. When the credit amount on the customer’s balance has…

Telecom Roaming

Roaming allows mobile subscriber to visit foreign network and continue to allow send and receive calls as they were within home network. Depending upon network services they subscribe they can use them as well e.g. Voicemail. A subscriber can only…

Telecom Provisioning

In general, provisioning means “providing” or making something available. This is all about providing telecommunication service to customers, allocation of bandwidth needed. There are three types of provisioning in general telecommunication concepts: circuit provisioning, service provisioning, and switch provisioning. In…

Messaging: SMS, MMS

Short Message Service (SMS) is a communication service component of the GSM mobile communication system, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between mobile phone devices. Call scenario in which Aparty (sender) of a mobile…