The SMS firewall market includes SMS firewall or filtering solutions provided by solution vendors and companies to the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), SMS aggregators, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), and Mobile Virtual Network Enablers (MVNE). SMS firewall solutions proactively detect, filter, and secure illicit incoming SMS traffic. The SMS firewall vendors are developing innovative products and solutions to provide a pre-emptive and holistic approach to critical telecom businesses. The SMS firewall solutions help telecom operators to regain their revenue which has declined due to Over-the-top (OTT) players and also to provide benefits in terms of reduced operational costs and enhanced customer experience. ___________ 1. Micromarkets are defined as the further segments and subsegments of the global SMS firewall market included in the report 2. Core competencies of the companies are captured in terms of their key developments, key observations, and key strategies adopted by them to sustain their position in the market

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Mahindra ComViva has enriched itself with managed services, catering to its customers globally. The company offers a wide range of messaging solutions for enterprises customers and telecom operators, including the A2P monetization solution, Ngage messaging platform, Uno messaging platform, SMS hub, and SMS firewall solution to control the SMS spam traffic. Its SMS firewall solution enables MNOs to address challenges, in terms of SMS grey route, SMS spoofing, SMS faking, and SMS flooding. Its focus lies in providing value to its customers and cultivating profitability through enhanced operational and business transformation for the enterprise businesses, as well as, telecom operators. SMS firewall allows telecom operators to enhance the mobile user experience against unwanted SMS traffic by applying the network and content-based security solution. In addition, it also uses analytic tools for detecting and blocking the illicit SMS traffic.
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The company delivers its SMS monetization solutions for MNOs. The solutions comprise A2P monetization, SMS firewall, SS7 firewall, intelligent routing, tracking and reporting, Web2SMS server, A2P SMSC, and network profitability. The company also offers clearance and settlement services for data and financial clearance. AMD's SMS firewall is a tailored solution to regulate the illicit SMS traffic. Its unique features include grey route elimination, filtering of A2P international traffic, and securing the mobile network. It has the capability to differentiate between the A2P and P2P SMS traffic. AMD's SMS firewall has an in-built artificial intelligence feature, which protects the mobile networks from suspicious attacks. This feature benefits mobile operators to secure their subscribers from unwanted SMS traffic.
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Anam offers cutting-edge technology solutions for MNOs. Anam's Assure is a platform used for securing SMS traffic, which enables new revenue flow for mobile operators by providing them with the filtering technology. Anam's SMS firewall allows operators to control, detect, and protect the SMS traffic. Anam's patented solution has been deployed by 60+ mobile operators approximately, across the globe. The SMS firewall has the capability to block malware sources and can integrate various technologies, such as the GSM, 3G technology, and LTE. In addition, it is available as a managed service package to upgrade, deploy, and maintain SMS firewall solutions, along with the latest technology. Anam provides its managed services for the management to perform fundamental tasks, such as installation, configuration, performance, and network monitoring. It also offers a signaling firewall to protect and manage SS7 and the diameter network from fraudsters and criminal activities.
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BICS provides fraud and authentication solutions for telecom operators to safeguard the voice and SMS traffic. The company offers unique SMS firewall solutions for MNOs, to eliminate the risk of fraud and spam in the messaging network. The SMS firewall solutions control and protect the telecom network and mobile users from SMS spam traffic. Its features include protection against spamming, flooding, faking, spoofing, monitoring of SMS, and blocking and detecting unwanted SMS. BICS' SMS firewall is available as hosted services and managed services. The SMS firewall features include flexible configuration, message filtering, white listing, web access, a fully hosted solution, and SMS fraud consulting. SMS firewall is categorized under BICS' signaling VAS product portfolio. Its other products include call correction, short codes, welcomes SMS, anti-steering detection, leakage identifier, and map reporting. Apart from the SMS firewall, BICS offers FraudGuard, mCheck, and voice roaming firewall under its fraud and authentication solutions segment.
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The company's messaging platform has a global reach, serving a diverse range of customers, ranging from banks to financial services. With over 300 technical staff, including developers, integrators, and support personnel, Infobip is able to use its extensive global network coverage and client portfolio to provide high quality A2P messaging solutions and open up new business opportunities, as well. The company serves its vast customer base present across the world.
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Omobio is one of the known leaders for offering VAS solutions to mobile operators and CSPs. The company has a broad product portfolio, including SS7 solutions, voice, OSS and BSS solutions, mobile application and gaming, customer care applications, and the self-care platform. Omobio helps mobile operators retain their SMS revenue with the help of the SMS firewall solution. This solution is proactively used to detect and protect SMS spam traffic. It provides SMS control for A2P and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) messages. Omobio's SMS Box leverages enterprises to transfer SMS, using web and Outlook. In addition, it also delivers MMS Box, call filter, and call corrector solutions for the service aggregators and mobile operators.
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Route Mobile offers messaging and voice API solution for enterprises; SMS and voice solution for wholesale customers; and SMS firewall and SMS hubbing solution for mobile operators. The SMS firewall solution helps mobile operators secure the mobile network by reducing the illicit SMS traffic. Route Mobile's SMS firewall offers traffic monitoring, content filtering, Global Title (GT) blocking, and International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) filtering. It also has the capability to block messages generated from unidentified sources. The company has a comprehensive portfolio of managed services, such as firewall configuration and management, monitoring and vigilance, and filtering policies. The managed services ensure proper monitoring, configuration, and management of the SMS firewall system, based on the mobile operator's requirement.
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SAP offers an umbrella of products and services for various industries. It provides a cloud-based SMS firewall solution for telecom operators. SAP offers this solution under its mobile services solution segment. The SMS firewall enhances the experience of telecom operators by blocking and detecting the unwanted SMS traffic. This is expected to help MNOS improve the network bandwidth with low operational costs and a faster time-to-market. The solution applies the filtering method to identify and detect illicit SMS traffic. It has an in-built feature to combat SMS flooding, spoofing, and SMS farms. SMS firewall 365 benefits telecom operators, in terms of customer experience, revenue gain, flexibility of cloud, and a lower CAPEX.
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Sinch has set its footprint strongly in the domain of fraud and security solutions. The company offers a wide range of product portfolio for MNOs, MVNOs, and CSPs. These solutions are available on the cloud and on the on-premises deployment models. Company's security solution enables mobile carriers to transform their business approach from network-centric to user and service-centric. Its solutions include policy control; online charging; and VAS, such as SMS, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and voicemail; MVNO and IoT platforms; SMS firewall; and SS7 firewall. Sinch's SMS firewall solution helps mobile operators control the SMS traffic by using the rules-based filtering feature. This increases the operator's revenue and frees up the network bandwidth for mobile networks. SMS firewall has a range of features, such as advanced filtering, anti-faking, anti-flooding, and SIM farm filter. It also provides firewall updates and managed services for mobile operators. SMS firewall is designed to assist operators in order to develop operational efficiency, enhance network quality and reduce the operating cost, provide better service quality and customer experience, and improve the revenue.
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Tata Communications focuses on delivering a comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services that cover the requirements of service providers and telecom operators. Tata Communications' SMS firewall solution enables telecom operators to effectively reduce the illicit SMS traffic. This solution has a set of features, such as filtering unwanted SMS, rules-based filtering, web-based user interface, GSMA compliance, anti-spoofing, anti-faking, and anti-flooding. These features have benefited MNOs in different ways, such as improving the mobile user experience, securing the network, reducing the OPEX, and protecting the revenue leakage. The company has also engaged in providing A2P monetization, using its mobile messaging exchange solution. With this, it also helps OTT players, SMS aggregators, and MNOs deliver reliable A2P SMS solutions.
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Twilio delivers a set of products for telecom operators, including the SMS filter, white label A2P, and SMS strategy. The company also offers consulting services, with support for voice and chat solutions. Twilio's SMS filter has capabilities to monitor, detect, and block illegitimate SMS, and is expected to help operators regain their SMS revenues. The SMS filter captures all the international and national SMS traffic. In addition, the company also offers managed enterprise SMS services for business customers. SMS filter can be extended to SMS home routing, SS7 firewall, and roaming steering solutions. This is likely to ensure safe delivery of SMS, avoid SMS flooding, and protect the privacy of mobile subscribers.
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Tyntec offers an array of products and solutions for telecom operators and enterprise customers. Under the enterprises segment, the company offers mobiledesk and alerts, customer data validation, app distribution, mobile marketing campaigns, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) integration, secure employees access, and OTT interoperability solutions. Under the telecom operators segment, it helps mobile operators leverage the enterprise application and OTT services, thereby improving the network coverage without any complexity. The segment comprises A2P direct channel, SMS firewall, inter carrier messaging, and A2P messaging gateway. tyntec plays a key role in the SMS firewall market, its SMS firewall solutions use analytics tools and a powerful rule engine to protect the SMS traffic from spams. tyntec's SMS firewall features include network security solution, real-time alerts, subscriber data privacy, and phone verification lookups. The company also provides tailored solutions for telecom operators according to their requirements. tyntec's SMS firewall helps telecom operators control unwanted SMS traffic and secure the network from malicious attacks, such as grey route, faking, and flooding.
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