The debate about SMS death has never stopped over the last years. If on the one hand there are factual reasons to expect SMS decline, on the other hand the facts are obstinate: SMS is still going strong!

Do you know that SMS is still growing in most of the countries worldwide? The smartphone penetration and the growing usage of OTT apps definitely have a negative impact on SMS messaging, especially on Texting (person-to-person SMS). But a recent Portio Research study shows that SMS volumes are growing nearly everywhere.

The debate about SMS death has never stopped over the last years. If on the one hand there are factual reasons to expect SMS decline, on the other hand the facts are obstinate: SMS is still going strong!

Do you know that SMS is still growing in most of the countries worldwide? The smartphone penetration and the growing usage of OTT apps definitely have a negative impact on SMS messaging, especially on Texting (person-to-person SMS). But a recent Portio Research study shows that SMS volumes are growing nearly everywhere.
Are you aware that application-to-person SMS is now booming? Application-to-person SMS and person-to-application SMS are increasing their share of the SMS market due to increased usage of financial services and advertising. According to Juniper Research, Application-to-person SMS market will overtake Texting and will be worth 70.1 USD billion by 2016.
Do you know that in some countries SMS termination revenues are higher than voice termination revenues? SMS termination remains a key part of mobile operator revenues. In 2012 in France, SMS termination revenues accounted for 1.5 € billion, more than voice termination (1.4 € billion). SMS termination rates are still very high: the average SMS termination rate in Europe is 2.87€ cents per terminated SMS (up to 7€ cents per SMS for international SMS in some countries).
It is clear that SMS termination should now be monitored as carefully as voice termination.

WHY ARAXXE IS THE RIGHT PARTY TO HELP YOU MAXIMIZING YOUR SMS TERMINATION REVENUES?

Araxxe can help you monitoring the main risks on SMS termination revenues.
This covers both fraud schemes (such as SMS SIM box, SMS faking, SMS spoofing...) and revenue assurance issues (such as Arbitrage or SMS smuggling).
Araxxe is the only solution provider offering an approach focused on securing SMS termination revenues.
Reporting speed is key to discourage fraudsters being active in your network. Araxxe offers you the fastest and most flexible reporting engine available in the market.
Most operators and vendors have successfully tackled the issue of protecting mobile networks against SPAM. Araxxe solution goes beyond that and addresses the issue of making sure you charge correctly for the legitimate SMS that reach your network.

The past months, fraudsters have become very innovative when it comes to interconnect bypass fraud. Although traditional bypass fraud will exist as long as termination rates are higher than retail tariffs, several trends & new types of fraud have popped up, all having the same goal, which is to avoid paying you interconnect termination fees.

The past months, fraudsters have become very innovative when it comes to interconnect bypass fraud. Although traditional bypass fraud will exist as long as termination rates are higher than retail tariffs, several trends & new types of fraud have popped up, all having the same goal, which is to avoid paying you interconnect termination fees.

• Do you know that termination rates are increasing in several parts of the world? As a result of this, other operators tend to increase termination rates as well for incoming traffic originated in these countries. Bypass fraudsters know this probably before you...
• Are you aware that SMS bypass is becoming a big issue in countries where termination of voice traffic is heavily regulated?
• Have you ever seen your SIM cards being abused for bypass towards international destinations? Cheap international tariff plans offer the ideal incentive to fraudsters to internationalise their business which is very hard to detect...

It is clear that interconnect fraud encompasses a variety of fraud types which need to be tackled in an integrated way.

WHY ARAXXE IS THE RIGHT PARTY TO HELP YOU ELIMINATE BYPASS FRAUD IN YOUR NETWORK!

• In today's changing telecoms landscape, it is key to focus testing efforts on grey routes! Offering an unlimited number of wholesale carrier routes is nice, but will not solve your problem...
• Araxxe has over 500 different VoIP & calling card routes available and even offers the ability to perform call shop testing.
• Araxxe is the only solution provider offering an integrated approach to address these new types of interconnect fraud.
• Reporting speed is key to discourage fraudsters being active in your network. Araxxe offers you the fastest and most flexible reporting engine available in the market.

Grey-routing is still a major issue in today's telecoms landscape. Bypass will exist as long as termination rates are higher than retail tariffs. Even with decreasing spreads due to increased regulation, bypass keeps on popping up. But interconnect fraud is so much more than pure SIM bypass only... Are you aware that SMS Fraud is rising and involves different fraud types such as spam, arbitrage & smuggling? Have you ever faced Pbx hacking attacks leading to revenue share fraud? Are you evaluating & monitoring your international trunks on a regular basis?
Today interconnect fraud encompasses a variety of fraud types which need to be treated in an integrated way. In order to anticipate on these changing market environments and in order to serve our customers even better than before, Araxxe is launching its Wholesale &Retail Business Monitoring solutions.

Grey-routing is still a major issue in today's telecoms landscape. Bypass will exist as long as termination rates are higher than retail tariffs. Even with decreasing spreads due to increased regulation, bypass keeps on popping up. But interconnect fraud is so much more than pure SIM bypass only... Are you aware that SMS Fraud is rising and involves different fraud types such as spam, arbitrage & smuggling? Have you ever faced Pbx hacking attacks leading to revenue share fraud? Are you evaluating & monitoring your international trunks on a regular basis?
Today interconnect fraud encompasses a variety of fraud types which need to be treated in an integrated way. In order to anticipate on these changing market environments and in order to serve our customers even better than before, Araxxe is launching its Wholesale &Retail Business Monitoring solutions.

WHOLESALE & RETAIL BUSINESS MONITORING

We care about your revenues, whether they are wholesale or retail revenues! Our Wholesale Business Monitoring solution is taking care of interconnect fraud in your network whereas our Retail Business Monitoring solution is monitoring your billing chain, both on a national and roaming level. Both solutions are complimentary and are based on the same technology which makes it easy to swap whenever there is a need for. Fraud is a dynamic phenomenon and you deserve a flexible partner to manage fraud in your network!
In order to provide best-in-class services, we manage testing resources in 160 countries providing access to wholesale & retail routes which are used by both products. All services are offered in a managed service mode which makes it easy to deploy and cost effective.