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Syniverse Technologies (NYSE: SVR) is a global company that provides technology and business services for the telecommunications industry. The company’s solutions make it possible for disparate technologies and standards to interoperate, so operators in the mobile industry can provide their subscribers with access to voice calls, data and other services as users move across networks around the world. Syniverse’s core service areas include messaging, roaming, network and database, and business intelligence solutions, as well as value-added services.

Established in 1987 as a GTE business unit, GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. (GTE TSI), Syniverse has been involved in the telecommunications industry for more than 20 years. The company’s global headquarters are in Tampa, Florida, U.S.A., and it has regional headquarters in The Netherlands, Argentina and China.

Syniverse is ISO 9001:2000 certified and TL 9000 approved, meaning the company adheres to the principles of customer focus and quality improvement practices.

History
Syniverse was first established in 1987 as a GTE business unit, GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. (GTE TSI). Soon after, the company launched voice clearing, settlement and exchange, post-call validation, and message rating services. During the following years, it established several call delivery, fraud and roaming products, and in 1993, it developed the first wireless SS7 network to support intelligent network-based services.

The company began to offer its services globally in 1998 when it provided interoperability services to Australia, China, Japan and Korea. It received an international leadership award two years later for expansion between Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and North America.

In 1999, the company became a founding member of the GSM Association (GSMA) Associate Members’ program, and the following year, it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Information Services Inc. The company changed its name from GTE to TSI Telecommunication Services Inc. in 2001.

That same year, the company introduced several services. One was a global GRX service to allow GPRS users access to high-speed mobile Internet services. Another was a suite of mobile data services, including international SMS interoperability.

In 2002, TSI became an independent, private corporation after being acquired by a private investment group. In the following years, the company launched international roaming and mobile number portability solutions.

TSI changed its corporate name to Syniverse Technologies in 2004. That same year, the company launched its global MMS interworking gateway, which allowed mobile messaging interoperability across networks.

On February 10, 2005, Syniverse became a public company, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SVR. Also in 2005, the company developed a platform to distribute wireless AMBER AlertTM messages about missing children in the United States; offered the first 1xRTT/1xEV-DO solution to enable mobile data roaming for CDMA subscribers; and became a founding investor, board member and technical participant of dotMobi, the registry for the .mobi domain.

In 2006, Syniverse acquired Interactive Technology Holdings Limited (ITHL), expanding the company’s customer base in Asia Pacific and adding key new products. The following year, Syniverse was appointed to provide wireless number portability services to both Singapore and Canada,  and acquired the wireless data and financial clearing business of Billing Services Group Limited (BSG), further expanding Syniverse’s global reach.

The company won multiple global awards in 2008 for Syniverse DataNet, a solution developed to maximize protection against roaming fraud.

In 2009, the company introduced SyniverseSM NEXT, the industry’s first advanced messaging hub, and SyniverseSM MORE, a suite of roaming hub solutions. Also in 2009, Syniverse became part of Standard & Poor’s Midcap 400 under the Global Industry Classification Index (GCIS) Wireless Telecommunications Services Sub-industry index and was selected as one of two companies selected to provide mobile number portability in India.

Services
Messaging Roaming Network and Database Business Intelligence Value-Added Services
 * Syniverse NEXT Advanced Messaging Hub
 * SMS Interoperability
 * MMS Interoperability
 * Specialized SMS
 * Roaming Hub Services
 * Data Clearing
 * Financial Clearing and Settlement
 * Fraud Management
 * Roaming Interoperability
 * Network Signaling and Transport
 * Interworking Gateway
 * Database
 * Data Management
 * Number Portability
 * Roaming Data Reporting - Visibility® Services
 * RoamWise
 * Roaming Management Services (RMS)
 * RoamMonitor
 * Automated TADIG Testing Tool Cross Check Analysis (CCA)
 * Network Business Intelligence - VisWise®
 * Automated Tariff Simulation
 * Prepaid Platform Services
 * Multimedia Application Platform-Interactive Video Response System (IVDRS)
 * Personalized Ringback Tone

Awards and Involvement
Syniverse actively works in conjunction with industry organizations, associations, standards bodies and working groups. For a list of these groups, visit the company’s industry participation page.

In 2008, Syniverse won three awards for its Syniverse DataNet. First, the company was awarded the GSMA’s Global Mobile Award for Best Roaming Product or Service for Syniverse DataNet, the company’s near-real time roaming data exchange (NRTRDE) solution that protects network operators and their subscribers from fraud and makes fraud easier to detect and resolve. Syniverse also won Global Telecoms Business’s International mobile service innovation award for its roaming anti-fraud protection and the 2008 Florida Governor’s Business Diversification Award for Innovation in the Mega Market (county population 800,001 and higher) category.