Roamware wins mobile 'Traffic Redirection' patent

NEW DELHI: The United States Patent Office recognised Roamware Inc. for

its work in mobile traffic redirection, the ability for a network operator to

redirect subscribers to the most advantageous network whilst roaming abroad.






The company has been issued United States Patent Number 7,072,651, entitled
"Method and System for Cellular Network Traffic Redirection," and patent rights.






Roamware, with its "Traffic Redirection" suite of products for public mobile
networks, is widely recognized as the global leader in enabling the steering of

roaming mobile traffic, having been the first to market with commercial traffic

redirection solutions in 2003, and with more deployments worldwide today than

any other roaming services provider.






"The focus and energy we invest in our patent effort preserve our competitive
advantage in international roaming technology and value-added services for voice

and messaging. This advantage benefits the mobile operators we serve worldwide,"

said Roamware CEO Bobby Srinivasan. "By working with Roamware, our customers

receive the excellent standard of service expected of a global product leader,

and also unmatched innovation."






The awarding of the patent is the result of dedicated work from the following
five Roamware team members: John Jiang, Avnish Chauhan, Subhabrata Biswas,

Bahadur Bhambhani and Alex Rodrigues.






The newly issued patent, entitled "Method and System for Cellular Network
Traffic Redirection" is a milestone in Roamware's patent practice, marking its

first issued patent.






The company currently has an additional 39 unique patent applications on file in
the US, with a total of over 60 in progress worldwide.






"This patent evidences Roamware as the inventor of the type of active and
passive SS7 based roaming traffic redirection mechanisms which form the basis of

the GSMA IR 73 guideline on Steering of Roaming," says John Jiang,






Roamware CTO and company representative on the GSM Association's "Steering of
Roaming" council. "The patent further solidifies Roamware's leadership position

in innovation of roaming and local value added services."






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