Open Connectivity
With nearly 800 operators in the GSM community, and increasingly diverse services, new solutions were required to support next generation roaming and interworking. Established in 2005, the GSMA Open Connectivity (OC) programme has delivered these solutions, facilitating easier and quicker interworking and roaming, bringing benefits for consumers, operators and vendors. Open Connectivity has delivered solutions in the following key areas:
Defining Open Connectivity
GSMA’s OC initiative has established a framework for hub-based solutions, where one or more hubs provide access to multiple partners via a single commercial agreement. This multilateral approach is documented in a suite of GSMA documentation that defines the requirements for Open Connectivity compliant solutions.
GSMA has clearly identified the requirements that vendors must support to be compliant with its SMS Hubbing, Roaming Hubbing and Global Roaming Quality solutions, making it easier for operators to identify and select the vendors that meet their needs.
Hub-based solutions will co-exist with bilateral agreements for the foreseeable future. As such, the Open Connectivity has also delivered a range of efficiency gains for bilateral agreements, including the launch of an online training programme for the GSM industry that provides guidance on establishing and maintaining roaming relationships.
If you would like more information about Open Connectivity, please contact us at openconnectivity@gsm.org .
