In the US a duopoly exists between SAP and Syniverse for inter-carrier mobile messaging. Carriers and other communication service providers are forced to choose between these two vendors to exchange messages across networks. This makes the carriers vulnerable to price hikes and sub-par quality of service. New provider tyntec is seeking to disrupt the market and create more competition with its new Inter Carrier Messaging Service (ICMS). The company is aiming to build on its experience in application to person (A2P) messaging to offer enterprises and operators one simple connection to billions of SMS and MMS users, on multiple mobile…
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