SMS Firewall

A Global A2P Messaging Leader

SMS has been the biggest surprise in telecom of the last 30 years – nobody saw its overwhelming success coming. First, P2P SMS got adopted by the youth and established a completely new communication channel across all generations. Now, A2P SMS has become the default channel for enterprises to engage with its customers in a personalized, timely and highly efficient way.

Today, IDT, a leading global voice connectivity provider, now also offers Global A2P SMS service.

Join IDT and leverage SMS, “the language of 6 billion people”.

Monetize & Protect

With IDT global's Firewall you get it all

Monetization

Detection of illegitimate network access.
Blocking of grey (bypass) routes.
Sim Box SMS detection, originating from on-net and off-net.
Signaling control of national and international traffic.
Message origination identification based on Sender ID and content analysis.
SMS Home Routing.

Network Protection

Anti-SMS spoofing,
Anti-faking of Sender IDs and network origination addresses.
Blacklisting and Whitelisting of GTs, MSISDNs, Sender ID, IMSI, Content, etc.
Cross-layer consistency checks, e.g., MAP y SCCP.
HLR queries (SRIMS) - and SMS (FWMSG) correlation control.
Prevention of flooding attacks.

Subscriber Protection

Protection from phishing or “Smishing”, e.g., attempts to steal personal data for fraudulent purposes.
Protection from unsolicited messages, SPAM, e.g., of commercial or political nature.
Compliance with regulatory, legislative or operator directives.

IDT SMS Firewall - The Best Protection

Our SMS Firewall provides a complete A2P security & monetization solution, classifying messages into A2P or P2P blocking grey routes as they appear, forcing A2P termination over official routes effectively eliminating revenue leakage and at the same time protecting your subscribers against unwanted messages and fraud.

Take control over A2P traffic on your network by blocking SMS messages by bulk SMS providers and foreign operators until favorable commercial agreements are in place.

IDT SMS Firewall - Our C.O.R.E. Principles

Compliance

IDT global provides SMS Home Routing according to the 3GPP TR 23.840 standard. It supports TCAP Handshaking on MT submission and is 3GPP TS 33.200 compliant.

3GPP is a standards organization originally assembled with a goal of developing specifications for third generation (3G) mobile networks. Closely linked with GSMA they provide several industry standards and studies.

Operations

IDT global provides SMS Home Routing according to the 3GPP TR 23.840 standard. It supports TCAP Handshaking on MT submission and is 3GPP TS 33.200 compliant.

We help you every step of the way on your journey. We want to be your partner not just your vendor.

Reporting

Equipped with powerful, agile reporting & alerting features, you will have the most accurate information about your network traffic and security at your fingertips.

Real-time alerts, custom reports all in an easy-to-use GUI with very minimal training needed.

Education

IDT global's goal is to equip you with the expertise and knowledge to maximize and maintain your firewall for best results.

Many will sell you the hardware but not a lot will give you the service and training that IDT global provides.