iBasis LTE Signaling eXchange Service

Making LTE Roaming Work

The LTE Reality

Having connectivity to other mobile LTE operators worldwide is essential in providing your subscribers with seamless roaming services. More consumers expect anytime, anywhere connectivity, dramatically driving up bandwidth demand and making LTE the fastest-growing mobile technology ever.

The LTE Challenge

You need to reach all of your destinations without the investment in physical infrastructure. The challenge is LTE Roaming. Since LTE is a disruptive technology, standards are still evolving. That means wide variances in implementations from operator to operator. Also, because interworking between different networks can be technically complex, return on operator investment in LTE can be significantly delayed.

The LTE Solution

The iBasis LTE Signaling eXchange (LSX) service provides a single point of access to the international 2G, 3G and 4G signaling network, including nearly all active LTE and GSM mobile operators. When we handle your signaling needs, your customers get best-in-class connectivity worldwide. And you maximize roaming profits, operate on a global MPLS network and run your services over a proven, full multi-service IPX network.

LSX: A Service Snapshot.

The LSX allows mobile operators to connect to hundreds of downstream operators through a single interconnect. It normalizes messages to enable interworking and interoperability for each roaming partner. It interworks with existing SS7 networks. For operators looking to capitalize on the growing demand for global multimedia services, the iBasis LSX provides a converged interconnect and an efficient and commercially viable ecosystem for interconnecting the growing number of LTE operators.

The iBasis LSX features:

Access to a wide range of on-net and off-net LTE networks Interworking with 2G/3G networks, spanning more than 640 GSM destinations worldwide Diameter Routing and Mediation, Topology Hiding and Signaling Accounting Enable Subscriber Mobility Management, Policy Control and Charging Hosted DRA functionality Reporting and performance management Approximately 100 worldwide PoPs through KPN International 99,99% availability 24/7 Customer Support Seamless interconnection thanks to a dedicated team that ensures customized implementations

Key Benefits
Decreases the time needed to achieve roaming footprint Unlocks revenue advantages due to time-to-market acceleration Decreases interworking complexity and associated cost Ensures internationally consistent high-speed mobile data experience for end-users, boosting LTE take-up Provides simplicity through a one-stop-shop for all your international signaling needs, technical and commercial Cost- and time-to-market reduction through delivery via the true multiservice iBasis IPX
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LSX Connectivity Options

The iBasis LSX Service offers customers connectivity through direct IP connectivity (leased line circuits). This connectivity option provide customers with high-availability, full resilience, physical path diversity (redundancy), local tail and long-haul IP transport, traffic balancing and load sharing (where applicable).

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A High Standard of Quality

iBasis offers a standard SLA with recognized key quality metric parameters within the network. This SLA is tracked through monthly reporting that summarizes our network performance, and our global network operations center is available to assist on a 24/7 basis.
The LSX normalizes signaling across variations of LTE implementations to ensure interoperability and interworking.

Available over the iBasis IPX

The iBasis LSX service uses the iBasis IPX, a single universal multi-service IP interconnect for LTE signaling, GRX, Premium Voice over IP (PVoIP), and GSM signaling. It provides a robust platform for the development of new innovative mobile services. The iBasis IPX delivers high quality voice and data services for fixed and mobile operators as well as ISPs, content providers, and other service providers. The network covers over 240 countries, territories and colonies and provides high reliability, security and global reach through managed IP connectivity. Based on GSMA specifications, the network ensures high quality through MNO 1 direct routes and security through physical and logical MNO 3 IPX separation from the public Internet. IP/Diameter/SIP

About iBasis
A wholly-owned KPN company, iBasis is a leading international voice carrier and a provider of data services for mobile operators. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of voice termination services and data services, including messaging, signaling and roaming, for many of the worlds largest fixed and mobile operators, as well as over-the-top and voice-over-broadband service providers. The company can be reached at its worldwide headquarters in Burlington, Mass., USA at +1 781-505-7500 or on the Internet at www.ibasis.com.

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The LSX takes advantage of the iBasis IPX for secure, high quality connectivity to mobile operators and other providers.

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