SS7 USSD Center | USSD gateway | USSD platform
The USSD platform, Unrestricted Supplementary Service Data (USSD), is used by the mobile interaction business to send text between a mobile phone and an application program interacting promptly with end-user. USSD gateway transactions only take place while mobile phones are turned on. USSD messages travel over SS7 signaling channels, providing a fast way for customer connections and data transfer. USSD platform transactions respond in less than a second.
The USSD platform solution is suitable for:
- Mobile initiated and network-initiated USSD for mobile user interaction.
- News with use of RSS feeds
- Chat services
- Quiz, survey, Q&A service
- Polling service
- Banking
Enabling VAS based on USSD gateway interaction and cost savings
The USSD center has full SS7 interfaces and flexible IP interfaces that allow interaction with applications that manage value-added services.
Operators in the ICT industry can use the USSD gateway for the management of USSD transactions between mobile and the internet-based part of the industry.
This enables the operators of the USSD center to offer value-added services based on USSD interactions with mobile end-users and to save costs in the operations.
Specifications for USSD platform:
- Up to 8 SS7 TDM E1 lines, up to 16 signaling time slots per E1
- SIGTRAN M3UA
- Runs on industry-standard x86-64 server hardware with digital interface cards (e.g. Digium, Sangoma, Openvox)
- Network initiated (Mobile Terminated) USSD
- User-initiated (Mobile Originated) USSD
- Up to 60,000 simultaneous sessions
- Distributed architecture (USSD service and E1/SIGTRAN MTP3 service on different servers)