Sparkle announces a strategic partnership with Link2One, the leading roaming hub provider
Link2One, the leading roaming hub provider, today announces a strategic partnership with Telecom Italia Sparkle based on Link2One’s roaming hub – a hosted solution which enables connected operators to accelerate the provision of roaming services to customers worldwide.
Link2One provides a simple and cost-effective alternative to bilateral roaming agreements. With just one agreement and one connection, operators can be up and running almost instantly on a single IMSI Roaming Hub, giving maximum roaming coverage not only on Voice but also Camel, GPRS and 3G – with the same service level and capabilities as with traditional bilateral roaming agreements.
Announcing the agreement, Miguel Calvo, Vice President, Link2One, said: -
"This landmark partnership brings international roaming capabilities to subscribers all over the world, extending reach to areas normally only covered by bilateral roaming agreements. We have a unique solution that allows mobile networks to interconnect seamlessly, enabling international roaming without any extra investment”.
Fabrizio Gelli, Director of TI Sparkle, added: -
"The unique combination of the Link2One roaming hub and our TI Sparkle interoperability solution enables mobile operators to expand their roaming footprint, traffic and revenues faster and more economically than ever before.
Link2One has an exceptionally experienced team with an outstanding track record in the GSM industry. Telecom Italia Sparkle has been at the forefront of developing new and innovative services for the GSM industry since the introduction of GSM networks. Our aim has always been to build a business not only to make roaming more efficient but also to deliver new revenue streams to mobile operators – without increasing 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 hub.bing".
The Link2One solution recognizes that the focus for the world’s mobile networks has changed in the last few years.
Today’s priority is to create a seamless end-to-end service for customers, in addition to reducing their costs of infrastructure, set-up and expansion. The emphasis of the Link2One hub is on reducing the customers’ costs,both internally and externally, increasing roaming coverage and attracting valuable inbound roaming revenues to their networks. . Identifying services that can deliver revenue and attract new customers without increasing costs is the primary focus of key decision makers.
Link2One is proud to announce the TI Sparkle partnership - a major step forward in expanding and growing the market for roaming hubbing. Link2one helps optimizing the management of roaming relationships for all Link2One members. Operators have more time to focus on their core businesses, allowing Link2One to handle the less profitable partners while keeping the most profitable relationships outside the hub. Moreover, operators have the freedom to negotiate the most favorable deals, as Link2One facilitates agreements across hub members. As a result, Operators save time and money as there is no need for separate agreements or to organize and maintain bi-lateral testing.