Bharti Uses Comverse for SMSBharti Uses Comverse for SMS

WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based billing and value-added messaging and content services, today announced that India’s largest cellular provider, Bharti Airtel, has deployed a Comverse SMS Router network to optimize network performance, handle rapidly growing SMS text messaging traffic, and enable introduction of new and advanced SMS-related services.

"Comverse SMS Router enables Bharti to significantly increase SMS capacity and improve service availability," said Shayam Mardikar, general manager VAS at Bharti Airtel (BSE: BRTI.BO - News), a leading and rapidly growing operator with more than 80 million subscribers. "This innovative and pioneering solution makes more efficient use of our existing SMS infrastructure to provide a higher quality of service to our customers. Also important, it gives us ample capacity and flexibility to address future needs. In terms of features, customization to our unique requirements, and ability to meet a challenging timeline and project scope, Comverse’s solution is in a class of its own.”

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