powered by ANTRAX How to avoid problems in GSM TERMINATION? Latvia, RIGA 2015
What you will learn: 1 2 3 4 5 Why do we need a SIM Box? Why software and hardware should be made by one manufacturer? How to make your route better? How to purchase SIM cards? What is anti fraud?
Why do we need a SIM Box Keep your money in a bank and your SIMs in a SIM-bank Usually solutions for GSM termination consist of GSM gateway converting VoIP signal to GSM and SIM-bank which holds sims and controls their work. Placed separately it lets you locate gateways in different places with no need to put sim into each of them. This decreases expenses on system maintenance. There are plenty of all-in-one solutions which combine gateway and SIM-bank. It is not reasonable and inflexible. For good quality of your routes and stable termination you need several gateways in different parts of the city which can provide the sim migration option (learn more about this in our next article). And for holding sims purpose it is better to use 1 easily available station. Also you need a software kit which will let you monitor and control your sims, make calls, top up the balance and send sms. 3
Why software and hardware should be made by one manufacturer? Hardware and software from the same manufacturer is a way to success First of all always try to use solutions with separate sim-bank and gateways. It s useful for decreasing expenses, developed control and protection from sim-blocking. Software Server Also remember about expenses for maintenance. If you have large system for termination, you can need many technicians to control its work. sim simsim sim sim sim SIM-box GSM gateways In the case of frequent fails your tech guys will be unable to cope with all the issues and the quality of your route will get lower. And if your hardware and software are provided by different manufacturers, it can be difficult for you to find out the reason of all the failures. Graphical User Interface To make our system s and your staff s work more effective buy the hardware and software from one manufacturer which will provide you with a guarantee. 4
How to make your route better? Quality of your route leads you to successful sales. Your route can become profitable only due to its high quality. Its quality is measured with: 1. average call duration ACD 2. answer seizure ratio ASR If your internet connection is low or sims often get blocked, your calls will often drop out and ACD and ASR will run low. Also if your SIMs are not topped up in time the calls become impossible. Such routes will meet no demand on market. SUBSCRIBER A SUBSCRIBER B To avoid this you need to have many GSM channels. The more channels you have, the more calls you can get. Use the soft which can top up your sims automatically. Also your internet connection speed must be over 42 kbyte per channel. 5
How to purchase SIM cards? No matter how high your hardware qual ity is, your sims have definite lifetime. During this period it can make calls before it gets blocked. Anyway sameday you will need to buy new sims. Before you start working it is needed to learn about any peculiarities of buying SIMs in the country you are going to work. You need to find out if there are any limits or restrictions for this. In some countries the purchase of SIM cards takes place after showing the documents such as passport, driving license and so on, but the number of the SIM cards is not limited. There are countries where you can buy a limited number of SIM cards using the same ID, that means that the subscriber when buying a SIM card shows his passport and gets a few SIMs. Also there are countries in which the biometric data of the future owner is recorded to the database before the purchase of SIM cards. A potential future terminator should be familiar with all these peculiarities. If there are no difficulties with the purchase of SIM cards, you will become successful in this business faster, in case there are certain restrictions, you need to find out ways of getting the necessary quantity of SIM cards. As usual the solution lays on the surface. For simpler cases (countries that require an ID for the purchase and the number of SIM cards is limited), you can ask a few friends or hire a few people to buy for you the necessary SIM cards, so you get SIMs easily and do not provoke any suspicion of the operator. There is a possible solution to this problem for the countries with stricter legislation. In the Internet you can easily find forums where people are engaged in the wholesale of SIM cards. In all countries with the help of social networks and similar forums, you can solve the possible problem of the SIM cards shortage. 6
What is anti fraud? GSM operators around the world use various antifraud systems to identify GSM terminators. With their help an operator can block suspicious SIM cards and thus hamper the normal activity of GSM terminator. Hardware developers of termination equipment resort to some «tricks» that allow you to bypass the antifraud system and minimize the SIM blocking issue. More detailed we will talk about the problem and its solutions in the next article. Now, we only want to say that this problem exists in many countries. To be continiued... 7
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