Somafone, the newest GSM operator in Somalia, announced that it has deployed international roaming and SMS capabilities from TECORE Wireless Systems, opening up the opportunity to establish roaming agreements with operators worldwide.
As the political situation in Somalia continues to stabilize with the establishment of a new government, the increase of visitors to Somalia will drive the need to provide reliable and high quality GSM roaming and data services, as well as enable current subscribers to receive the highest voice quality with plenty of channel capacity to eliminate network blocking that may be experienced with other service providers.
“With the increase of data services and text messaging worldwide, Somafone wanted to be able to offer its subscribers the ability to send messages internationally to family or friends living in nearby or faraway countries,” said Abdullahi Hussein, CEO, Somafone.
Somafone has also deployed other advanced features, including Over the Air Activation (OTA), SMS to E-mail, E-mail to SMS, E-mail Notifications by SMS, Missed Call Notifications, Virtual Top-Up and Prepaid. The unique OTA feature allows any GSM subscriber from another network to roam on the Somafone network, utilizing their home network SIM card. The subscriber immediately receives a text message with a local Somafone mobile number upon the selection of the Somafone network, and can start receiving calls immediately without any operator intervention. The subscriber would simply need to purchase a prepaid voucher to top-up their OTA account in any denomination.
