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The promise of 5G to deliver high speeds, expanded industry, in order to assure the highest
quality of international roaming services
bandwidth, and low latency means that virtually everything, can be provided to the roaming subscriber.
everywhere, will be connected in some way. For IoT devices The process of assuring the proper
that are seemingly far and wide, 5G will make certain that functioning of communication links and
the ability of calls are part of both the
they are truly ubiquitous. IREG and TADIG standardized testing that
is completed prior to finalization of the
operators the ability to better monetize extended needs of 5G, helping operators international roaming agreement between
the customization and differentiation of justify the 5G business case while global operators. These tests play an
services with greater flexibility and less supporting new commercial parameters important part in ensuring the quality and
cost. for charging and clearing, slicing, potential profitability of mobile services for both the
SLAs, and data exchange. home and visited network.
Analytics and gaining visibility into the 5G
network This is important as the types of devices The optimal solution for operators roll-
The promise of 5G to deliver high being supported expands. Mobile IoT is ing-out 5G roaming services is to tap into
speeds, expanded bandwidth, and low one of the core business initiatives behind a provider that can offer resources to help
latency means that virtually everything, 5G and new commercial and charging supplement an operator’s own employees
everywhere, will be connected in some models are required to support it. Legacy in the support 4G and 5G roaming. This
way. For IoT devices that are seemingly far charging protocols like TAP are just not includes performing 5G testing with ex-
and wide, 5G will make certain that they flexible enough to meet the needs of the isting or new roaming partners, traditional
are truly ubiquitous. wide variety of use cases to come. mobile operator roaming, or expanding to
roaming with private networks.
Identifying different types of roaming traffic For over 30 years,
on a 5G network will be critical, especially The Benefits of a Complete End-to-end 5G
for IoT traffic that can travel into a network Syniverse has been a Solution
relatively unnoticed, yet still consume crucial part of the mobile Complete and fully tested solutions can be
signaling and data. With numerous IoT highly advantageous when implementing
devices potentially roaming into and out industry. By developing new technologies. For over 30 years,
of these networks, what seems like small and delivering products Syniverse has been a crucial part of
inconsequential consumption can quickly and services that address the mobile industry. By developing and
add up to significant amounts. Having delivering products and services that
greater visibility into what devices are the current and emerging address the current and emerging needs of
traveling into an operator’s network, and needs of customers, they customers, they can quickly go to market
how much signaling and data resources with high quality, revenue generating
they are consuming, is critical to fully can quickly go to market solutions that utilize minimal resources
understanding what is utilizing the network with high quality, revenue while executing full service, cloud-based
and most importantly, how to charge for results. Syniverse is uniquely positioned
that usage. generating solutions that to ensure existing mobile network operator
utilize minimal resources product portfolios can efficiently and
Clearing and Settlement in 5G roaming while executing full service, quickly evolve to support the 5G migration.
5G puts new requirements on the way Along with premium IPX Network
that charging and billing is performed cloud-based results. connectivity, Syniverse’s 5G Roaming
and interacts with the network. With the solution includes enhanced Diameter
expected explosive growth of 5G supported Moving to a new billing service also has its Signaling Service for 4G/LTE Roaming
IoT devices roaming across networks, challenges though, as not every operator to support 5G non-standalone roaming,
operators will start to face the limitations across the globe is currently able to which allows LTE-based operators to
of legacy charging and billing systems. support BCE. The ability to identify when a implement 5G roaming services now. As
wireless device is accessing a 4G network operators move to standalone, Syniverse is
Ultimately, operators want to generate assets versus 5G assets, and then knowing ready to support the expanded capabilities
newfound revenues from 5G roaming. when it is more feasible to produce TAP of 5G through a 5G Signaling controller
Monetizing roaming services through 5G versus BCE records, will be important. supporting HTTP2, advanced security
will be different as billing moves away from through 5G SEPP, a robust charging and
foundational TAP services to the more Assuring Quality Through Testing clearing with Billing and Charging Evolution
modern Billing and Charging Evolution Testing of network platforms is extremely (BCE), policy controls, comprehensive
(BCE). BCE is better equipped to handle the important in today’s dynamic mobile analytics, and business intelligence.

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