Re: [RFC] Number portability hooks

We'd be interested - +1 from me.

Alex

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexei" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [RFC] Number portability hooks


> Sounds illegal to me to make this information public.
> But anyone with SS7 access can do lookup and instantly tell the MNC+MCC
> of operator.
> If there's enough interest, we might offer such public service with HTTP
> interface and instant results..
> Just my 2c.
>
> On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 17:42, Alex Kinch wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > I've been following this thread with interest.
> >
> > We're planning to collect information on a user's mobile operator via
our
> > soon-to-be-launched reverse billing operation. We also operate a bulk
SMS
> > and business messaging site, so this sort of information would be useful
for
> > least cost routing. I appreciate it'd take a rather long time to build
up a
> > profile of even a small chunk of UK mobile users, but it's a start.
> >
> > I haven't looked into the legal / data protection implications, but
could a
> > few of us get together to put information into a central database?
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Steve Kennedy" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 4:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: [RFC] Number portability hooks
> >
> >
> > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 05:01:50PM +0200, Nisan Bloch wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would prefer to see some sort of lookup interface.. Something like
a
> > > > "HLR" box.
> > > > Of more importance is how to implement the lookup and when (as this
will
> > > > incur a msg cost)? Use some third party? Do some SS7 integration?
> > Booktrout
> > > > have some nice APIs with their SS7 cards.
> > > > Also of course if we keep the numbers in a hash table, when does one
> > > > refresh?
> > >
> > > Od course this begs the question, how does one query an HLR using SS7,
> > > the UK networks are extremely unlikely to allow any 3rd party that
> > > hasn't signed roaming agreements/whatever.
> > >
> > > Maybe a nice friendly foreign operator could be persuaded to offer
such
> > > a service, and maybe someone would like to sit a box somewhere to
allow
> > > 3rd party queries ? hmmmm ... You'd need to implement MAP/SS7, but
hey.
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
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