Avnish Chauhan, VP- Product Management
CDMA Global Roaming SymposiumMiami, December 11th, 2003
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Roamware’s Mission
To assist mobile operators to drive new revenue streams and operational efficiencies through
innovative new products and services.
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Roamware Global Presence
Roamware Is A Trusted Solution Provider To More Than 35 Mobile Operators (100+ MCC
and MNC codes) In 18 Countries
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Local Numbering Plans – different dialing prefixes
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Dialing Mistakes…
• In the GSM networks, Roamware has observed– 1-5% of all calls made by roamers have dialing mistakes§ 50% of misdialed calls are with incorrect Intl. Dialing Prefix or
without one– CDMA: Mexico and Korea use 0 for national dialing; 00 for intl.
Dialing. North America uses 1 and 011§ 18% of the misdialed calls are without the country code and
often with a leading National Dialing Prefix– Possibly dialing from phonebook memory
§ 7% of the misdialed calls have other automatically correctable formatting problems
– * instead of + when phone supports Plus Dialing– ** instead of + when phone MMI requires you to press the * key
long enough to change to +– Home CAC and CIC codes (eg: 101XXXX codes in USA)
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Smart Call Assistant
Application automatically corrects dialing mistakes by roamers…
• Roamware provides Sophisticated Number Analysis algorithm to resolve Home and Visited numbering plan conflicts and to automatically correct the misdialed numbers
• Ability to “educate” roamers to dial correctly using Mobile terminated SMS or Prompt in their language
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Serving N/W Short Codes (Feature codes)
• Roamware service allows Inbound Roamers to dial the name of the global brand or service instead of the knowing or remembering the full E.164 number for them. Eg:– H-E-R-T-Z (43789) to reach local Hertz office– H-I-L-T-O-N (445866) to reach local Hilton office– T-A-X-I (8294) to call a local cab– I-N-F-O (4636) to reach local directory service– Q-A-N-T-A-S (726827) to reach Qantas Customer Service– And more…
• Can be implemented as serving network Feature Codes with a ** before the number
• As an Inbound Roamer, What number would you dial for Hertz in Miami?
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Home Short Codes
• CDMA Networks:– Verizon: *86 (*VM) for voicemail access– Telstra: 12456* for Call Connect Service– Possibly more for other operators…
10016261380/1389SingTel (Singapore)
119919TIM (Italy)
192191121Vodafone (UK)
5600/561051005555Mobistar (Belgium)
7007152091230Proximus (Belgium)
InformationCustomer CareVoicemailMobile Operator
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Roaming Short Codes
Application allows inbound roamers to use familiar Short Codes to access services like Customer Care, Directory Assistance, Global Brands and Voicemail.
Roamware and Belgacom co-operation enables Caller Id delivery to over 100 mobile networks in over 70 countries to make this access seamless
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The CLI Delivery Problem
• Caller Line Identification (CLI) is stripped by International carriers
• Problem is more prominent when subscriber is roaming on a GSM network using plastic roaming– IS-41-D ROUTEREQ message allows transfer of CLI BUT– GSM VLR in serving network may not have this feature
activated
• Roamware and Belgacom partner to guarantee CLI delivery to over 100 mobile networks
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Intl. CarrierWith CLI delivery
VPMN
Least Cost Routing
HPMN
1. Home operator realizes roamer is in a network without CLI guarantee
2. Home operator gets TLDN from Serving network
3. Home operator sends a message (using SS7 or IP) to Roamware CLI guarantee node in Belgacom or Serving network and receives a Temporary Routing Number (TRN)
4. Home operator routes call to the TRN using Least Cost Routing
5. At the other end, Roamware node inserts various parameters back into the ISUP message and routes the call to final destination (TLDN)
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B
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CLI Delivery via Hub and Spoke Approach
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CLI Delivery
• Similar logic can be used for handling CLI delivery back to home operator for Feature Codes like Voicemail and Customer Care
• Solution also provided on top of SS7 monitoring– Monitor ROUTEREQ message and response on international
signaling links– Build dynamic database of MIN, ESN and TLDN– Query dynamic database to get CLI
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One Phone, Multiple International Numbers
• Allows frequent roamers to have two international numbers on the same phone– Avoids subscribers buying cheaper, local prepaid
subscriptions
• Target specific markets for roaming– CDMA roaming between North America and CALA Region
represents the biggest opportunity for growth– 600K Americans visit Korea while 750K Koreans visit America
per annum– New Zealand and Australia
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One Phone, Multiple Number
• Roamware solution is a network based solution that allows operators to buy numbering ranges from each other and offer to their subscribers– Combats Number Portability!
• Secondary numbers can be assigned dynamically for a short period of time or permanently– Great service for corporate customers and large consulting
organizations
• Combine with Optimal Routing to reduce international leg of the call– Local subscriber to Inbound roamer calls OR– Inbound roamer to another Inbound roamer calls
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Optimal Routing of Late Call Forwarding
• CDMA standards support Optimal Routing of Late Call Forwarding ONLY if the subscriber is roaming in another CDMA network
• What happens if your subscriber is roaming abroad on a GSM network?– OR-LCF part of standard but not widely implemented– Loss of critical parameters for seamless voicemail deposit– Serving GSM operator probably not interested in
implementing it either since inbound roaming is higher than outbound roaming (on CDMA)
• Roamware provides a single operator solution –deployed in a CDMA network – that provides Optimal Routing of ALL Late Call Forwarding legs
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Optimized Routing
Description
Optimized Routing Services enable operators to route all in-network (or in-country) roaming subscriber calls in the most efficient manner, leading to reduced costs and increased margins.
Benefits/Features
• Enables operator to take the intelligent routing decisions for roamer calls
•Enables higher quality calls at lower costs
•Provides operator with the flexibility of offering either “seamless” optimal routing or “conscious”(prefix based) optimal routing for the subscriber
•Reduces operational costs, better infrastructure utilization & increased margins
•Enables operators to offer discounted pricing leading to competitive differentiation
• Gives Local Subscribers one more reason to call international visitors using their mobile instead of the fixed-line
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Voicemail Call-Out & Call-Back
• When a voicemail is deposited for the subscriber, the event is detected and an automatic call out is made to the out-roamer
• Can also be triggered based on customer request via SMS
• Overcomes issues with seamless access to voicemail (Open Tree problem) due to loss of CLI over international voice circuits
• Higher margins for home operator
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Communicating with Roamers
So, how does an operator communicate available services to its outbound and inbound roamers?
• Roamware provides Outreach Messaging Application– Sniff the SS7 links for Registration Messages– Send SMS messages to roamer with relevant information– Allow roamer to access local information service using
special dialing codes§ For example, ##1 (or **1 FC) for local tourist attractions§ Send Mobile Terminated SMS/MMS messages with local
content
• Paves way for “Content Roaming”
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HLR
Home Network
Serving/Visited Network
SS7 STP
MSC/VLR
Outreach Messaging
SS7 ProbeRoamware
System
SMS/MMS Message
**1 or ##1 for Menu
In-Roamer
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Call Control: Incoming Call Control• Allows Called Party to specify handling of incoming call
Call from Cool Goose (+492005551212)
OK Options
A calls B who is a subscriber to Call Manager Service
A Party
B Party
ROAMWARE
VOICEMAIL
Server
SMSC
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7 8
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1 Call u back2 Call me back
in 10 mins3 Send Text4 Secretary5 Answer6 VoicemailChoice: 6
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Architecture
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Roamware VAS Product Portfolio
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Future Roaming VAS Market
… It is a growing need and trend!
Travel Industry Growth (10% CAGR)
Mobile Growth (18%
CAGR)
Roaming $$$
Roaming Devices
Roaming VAS Market is no longer a “Nice-to-have”…
Roamware Company Confidential
Roamware – Driving new revenue streams…
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