SMS
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S and BTS Global, the joint venture between Business Telecommunications Services (BTS) and SoftBank, has appointed Norioki Sekiguchi as its new CEO. -
VOX Solutions, a global leader in A2P voice and messaging monetisation, has unveiled an exclusive partnership with Onatel, Burkina Faso’s prominent mobile operator.
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Business Telecommunications Services (BTS) has been named the exclusive global provider of A2P SMS services for BBIX, a SoftBank subsidiary, strengthening their five-year partnership.
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The GLF, a leadership body representing the international connectivity industry and i3Forum, a membership-funded organisation of the international communications ecosystem, have announced the publication of a new industry framework designed to combat fraudulent activities.
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Apple’s IoS18 update, announced at its WWDC 2024 event this week, will support satellite-based messaging services.
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After two bustling days at Messaging and SMS World last week, the Capacity team looked back to the conversations and presentations that took place in London – here are 10 things we learned.
Forthcoming events
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The Charter is accompanied by new whitepaper from the ITW GLF
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China’s three leading state-owned mobile operators, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have announced the commercial launch of the One Time Password (OTP) Application Programming Interface (API).
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German mobile network operators (MNOs) Deutsche Telekom, O2 Telefonica and Vodafone are launching SIM Swap and Number Verify APIs (Application Programmable Interfaces) on Ericsson’s Vonage platform
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The phenomenon of artificially inflated traffic (AIT) in the SMS industry has created enormous issues and disputes between operators, aggregators, and enterprise marketers. The “out-of-any-measure” number of generated volumes has led the market to a series of problems, creating hesitations, and second thoughts about the SMS as an affordable and effective communication media.
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HAUD, and Orange Wholesale have announced a strategic partnership to identify, address, and mitigate revenue leakage across all channels within the Orange group.
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Veon subsidiary Kyivstar has started restoring voice services on its mobile network following a widespread cyber-attack on Tuesday.
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Azercell Telecom, a mobile operator in Azerbaijan, has appointed Vox Solutions as its exclusive partner for the direct termination of A2P SMS international traffic to Azercell's network.
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In what could be a major blow to a key revenue stream for operators, SMS authentication traffic could only rise by 4% next year, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
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iBasis announced today an exclusive agreement with Moov Africa Niger, a subsidiary of the Maroc Telecom Group, to implement its A2P (app to person) messaging monetisation solution.
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Global cloud communications platform Infobip has introduced "Signals," a new solution designed to combat the problems caused by SMS pumping fraud.
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Mobilesquared has published its updated report on A2P SMS, entitled Global A2P SMS: The complete overview 2017-2027.
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There is “light at the end of the tunnel” for Rich Communication Messaging (RCS), Martin Schurig, head of financial and enabling services at Telefonica Germany believes.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
