1st October, 2009
Vodafone Roaming
Services delivers enhanced prepay roaming services through United Hubbing’s
CAMELhubTM technology
United Hubbing’s
unique CAMELhubTM technology platform has been selected by
Vodafone Roaming Services for the launch of CAMEL (Customized Applications
for Mobile network Enhanced Logic) services globally.
London
UK. – United Hubbing Limited, a leading provider of technology
and business solutions for the global roaming telecommunications industry,
announced today it signed an agreement with Vodafone Roaming Services
to provide its CAMELhubTM solution to Vodafone’s roaming hub. The
hosted solution enables connected operators to accelerate the provision
of roaming services to their pre-paid customers.
"This a landmark
deal for United Hubbing and Vodafone Roaming Services to offer international
roaming capabilities to Pre-Paid subscribers all over the world that
should extend reach to areas normally only covered by post-paid. We
have a unique solution that allows mobile networks using any phase of
CAMEL to seamlessly interconnect and allow international roaming without
any extra investment in technology or the need to upgrade their switches”
said Sergey Rykov, CEO, United Hubbing.
Dave Smithwhite, Director
of Vodafone Roaming Services added "The unique combination of our
roaming hub and United Hubbing’s CAMEL interoperability solution will
enable mobile operators to expand their prepay footprint, traffic, and
revenues faster and more economically than ever before."
Additionally, Rykov
said, “United Hubbing has an exceptionally experienced team with an
outstanding track record in the GSM industry. We’ve been at the forefront
of developing new and innovative services for the GSM industry since
the earliest introduction of the concepts of GSM Networks. Our aim was
to build a business not only for making roaming more efficient but to
deliver mobile operators new revenue streams without an increase in
additional costs. We now have a scalable service that has been designed
to provide unrivalled flexibility and performance to meet the demands
of existing and new requirements in Roaming Hubbing”.
"The focus for
the world’s Mobile Networks has changed in the last few years, from
just managing the costs of infrastructure, set-up and expansion, to
creating a seamless end-to-end service for customers. Emphasis is also
firmly on reducing their costs both internally and from suppliers. Finding
the services that can deliver revenue without increases in costs is
the primary focus in the minds of key decision makers. This change inevitably
means a new approach to selecting suppliers that can provide services
to meet the needs of mobile operators for today and the future,"
Rykov said.
About United Hubbing
United Hubbing is a
leading provider of Roaming Hubbing Services and Solutions to the GSM
marketplace. As a GSMA certified Roaming Hub provider, the company provides
solutions for pre and post-paid roaming services, international Top-up,
Signaling, GRX and SMS hub solutions. Headquartered in London the company
also has offices in Dubai, Moscow and Bermuda.
CAMEL
CAMEL is a signaling
protocol allowing home networks to monitor and control calls made by
their prepay roamers real-time. It defines services over and above the
GSM standard, enabling subscribers to roam internationally using pre-paid
handsets.