IMS Overview
Protocom's Intelligent Messaging System (IMS) is a high performance messaging gateway for sending, routing and receiving SMS, email and MMS messages. The system is ideal for Mobile Operators wishing to manage and reduce the load across an underlying SMSC and MMSC infrastructure with a low cost alternative.
IMS is designed to facilitate complex network policies through an extensive set of routing options, accessible through an HTML interface. Additionally, IMS consolidates messaging infrastructure by offering a single point of access for all inbound connections. 
Key Benefits
- Low capital and operational costs
- Extensive and flexible routing options facilitate a wide range of customised network policies
- Configurable load balancing and redundancy options provide easy management and expansion of network resources
- IMS is a mature, fault-tolerant platform with years of reliable service in high traffic, tier one telecommunications networks
IMS Capacity and Scale of Operations
- 16 million mobile and landline subscribers
- 1000 input connections
- 1000 output connections
- Random number access
- Over 1000 messages per second
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Features
- Supports SMPP, MM7, MM4, SMTP, UCP, TAP, TNPP, SNPP, SMTP, and TRAM protocols
- Load balancing options including round-robin, weighted round-robin, and message volume
- Routing support including Mobile Number Portability (MNP), IMSI, number range (source and destination), and content-based
- Distributed output channels
- Unsuccessful message overflow to parallel IMS node(s)
- Address translation
- Address substitution
- Optional parameters translation
- Redirection, drop copy, interception, and blocking for source and destination numbers
- Global and individual blacklisting
- Temporary suspension and disconnection
- Message tracking utilities
- Supports real-time billing platforms
- Logging and alarming via HP-OpenView or SNMP
- Configurable via HTML or UNIX command-line interface
- Operational utilities available via HTML or UNIX command-line interface
- Statistics and other reports presented in HTML and ASCII formats
- Complete or partial backup facility
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