{"id":7238,"date":"2016-01-07T16:22:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gsm.com\/network2020\/?page_id=7238"},"modified":"2024-04-23T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T16:56:07","slug":"interconnection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/ip_services\/interconnection\/","title":{"rendered":"Interconnection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Interconnection<\/h1>\n<table style=\"background: none;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 7px solid #00a6c9;\"><span style=\"color: grey; font-size: 25px; font-weight: 500; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25em;\"> Connecting the mobile industry \u2013 connecting people<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"height: 5em;\"><\/div>\n<h4>What is all-IP interconnection?<\/h4>\n<p>IP interconnection is the physical linking of an operator\u2019s IP network with the IP equipment or facilities that belong to another operator\u2019s network. It will allow customers to make an IP call, enabling all the features of enriched calling, to another subscriber on another IP network. It is the linking of two or more operators\u2019 networks, either domestically within a country or internationally, so that the calls remain entirely on IP network infrastructure and do not fall back to older legacy services during call routing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 2em;\"><\/div>\n<h4>Who can benefit from all-IP interconnection?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Operators<\/li>\n<li>OEMs<\/li>\n<li>Network vendors<\/li>\n<li>Partners<\/li>\n<li>Consumers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"height: 2em;\"><\/div>\n<h4>What are the benefits of all-IP interconnection?<\/h4>\n<p>If IP-communications can be interconnected successfully, they will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide consumers with interoperable VoLTE (with HD voice quality), ViLTE, and Rich Communication Services (RCS).<\/li>\n<li>Provide operators with scalability and increased reachability of IP-based communications services.<\/li>\n<li>Enable operators to reach contacts seamlessly across networks.<\/li>\n<li>Enable operators to reduce\/replace their legacy CS-based interconnection.<\/li>\n<li>Let operators enjoy a resurgence in the relevance of their core service offering.<\/li>\n<li>Let operators have a level of control, influence and reach that goes far beyond networks, surpassing anything the industry has seen to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"height: 2em;\"><\/div>\n<h4>How the GSMA is assisting with all-IP interconnection<\/h4>\n<p>The GSMA has developed a tool to facilitate the creation of IP-interconnection between parties; this template; assisted in the successful establishment of IP-interconnection between network operator in Denmark, Kuwait, Mexico &amp; Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Refer to <strong>NG118<\/strong>, download the latest version from the GSMA Newsroom resources page.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 1em;\"><\/div>\n<span class=\"shortcode_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"shortcode_button gsmacolor_red size_medium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/resources\/\" target=\"_self\">GSMA Newsroom<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understand the physical linking of an operator\u2019s IP network with the IP equipment or facilities that belong to another operator\u2019s network. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23691,"parent":7206,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7238","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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