Pakistan's Mobile Communications Limited, better known as Mobilink (News - Alert) GSM, has selected Tekelec TekMedia solution to fight SMS spam.

 

Tekelec’s (News - Alert) TekMedia AntiSpam Firewall Solution will help protect Mobilink GSM’s subscribers from SMS spam attacks.

 

Mobilink is one of the largest telecommunication service providers in Pakistan, with more than 31 million subscribers.

 

“We’ve chosen Tekelec’s SMS Firewall solution to help us fight the problem because it allows us to use rules-based filtering to stop the delivery of unwanted messages, and protects our network and customers from costly viruses, flooding and spoofing attacks,” according to Mobilink GSM.

 

Mobilink has been a Tekelec customer since 2004, when they first deployed the EAGLE 5 Integrated Signaling Solution, Performance Management, Number Portability, Equipment Identity Register (EIR) and Map Screening solutions. To monitor network activity, Mobilink also chose Tekelec’s IAS Monitoring solution.

 

With the addition of the TekMedia Anti-Spam Firewall Solution, Mobilink continues to enhance its customer relationships by improving their network for both SMS and mobile communications.

 

TekMedia can be configured to detect different spoofing techniques and can adapt to new techniques. Spoofing brings the risk that soon SMS service will suffer as much from spam as e-mails do today.

 

“SMS spam is quickly becoming the next big problem for service providers. There has been rapid development of technology that allows relatively cheap ways to send SMS spam using the Internet,” said Wolrad Claudy, Tekelec’s senior vice president of global sales.

 

“We’ve worked directly with Mobilink to deploy an anti-spam solution that will not only meet their demands for more efficient network operations, but also provide a better experience for their customers,” added Claudy.

 

Tekelec leverages its global leadership in core multimedia session control and network intelligence to ensure scalable, secure and highly available communications. The company’s signaling solutions enable the interlocking of different network applications, technologies and protocols, providing a smooth transition to next-generation networks.