Agreement with United Hubbing

RNS Number : 6896A

Vodafone Group Plc

13 October 2009

 



13 October, 2009

ROAMING HUBBING PROVIDERS CONNECT, REALISING AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE 
FOR THE ROAMING HUB INDUSTRY

Vodafone Roaming Services and United Hubbing announced today they have entered into a Roaming Hub peering agreement, enabling network operators access to networks connected to both Roaming Hubs.   

NEWBURY and LUXEMBOURG - October 13, 2009 - Vodafone Roaming Services and United Hubbing, leading providers of roaming solutions for the global telecommunications industry, announced today they have entered into a Roaming Hub peering agreement to extend roaming services across the globe. 

Under these plans, network operators connected to both Roaming Hubs will be able to roam on all other network operators on the two Hubs. The agreement will enable connected operators to accelerate the provision of world wide roaming services to both their pre-paid and post-paid customers. 

Dave Smithwhite, Director of Vodafone Roaming Services said: "Vodafone Roaming Services aims to empower our business customers by helping them to deliver easy and worry free communications anywhere in the world. This peering relationship is a significant step forward in achieving this ambition and demonstrates that the Roaming Hubbing concept, as defined by the GSMA, can accelerate the expansion of global roaming footprints benefiting customers and leading to an increase in roaming minutes".

Sergey Rykov, CEO of United Hubbing, welcomed the agreement by saying: "This great combination will allow network operators to quickly and cost effectively gain substantial additional coverage for their subscribers by joining the Hub and is an exciting opportunity for networks to expand their global footprint. Commercially, this is a great opportunity for networks to tap into new sources of revenue, in a cost effective way".

For any further information and enquiries, please visit Vodafone Roaming Services and United Hubbing at the GSMA's BARG conference in Copenhagen, Denmark (October 12-15).

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About us

Vodafone Roaming Services is the leading Roaming Hub provider, empowering business partners to provide their users with easy and worry-free communications anywhere in the world. It unites Vodafone's extensive roaming know-how with its global scale and its local operating experience. Vodafone Roaming Services takes pride in continuously delivering end to end quality solutions.

United Hubbing is a leading provider of Roaming Hubbing Services and Solutions to the GSM marketplace. As a GSMA certified Roaming Hub provider, the company provides solutions for pre and post-paid roaming services, international Top-up, Signaling, GRX and SMS hub solutions. Headquartered in London the company also has offices in Dubai, Moscow and Bermuda. 

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