Mobile IP billing solution launched

22 Jan 2002 at 13:27 GMT Marc van Impe / Newscasters

Megisto Systems this week launched its Mobile Subscriber Service (MSS) architecture which is a subscriber- and service-aware core network infrastructure that "enables mobile operators to grow revenues per user by creating new kinds of services that their subscribers want, and allows them to effectively bill for these services."

Megisto's products anchor the mobile subscriber and have knowledge of the subscriber's identity, activity, and usage, which is the key state information required to deliver the advanced services of interest to mobile subscribers. Unlike routers and subscriber management systems built for the conventional fixed Internet, the MSS was designed from the ground up to manage this state information and to effectively process mobile subscriber data traffic. The MSS also offers a powerful set of mobile service interfaces. These interfaces present state information to external service and application platforms that offer advanced services.

The MSS architecture also features Universal Mobility, which enables WLAN roaming using 802.11b/WiFi in high-density locations such as airports, convention centers, and coffee shops.