Xura, a leading provider of digital communications services, Wednesday announced that it is working closely with Globe Telecom Philippines to support the operator in its fight against SMS spam. Globe which started tapping on Xura's Spam & Fraud Control solution since last year is now blocking 300,000 spam messages a day to protect its customers from unwanted messages.
According to Xura, its Spam & Fraud Control solution provides a single solution to handle all internal and international traffic and can filter up to one billion SMS daily. It claims that the solution is the only option available on the market that includes network and content level filtering.
Built with Xura's MCO, the solution is able to address Globe's requirements for more advanced, comprehensive and proactive spam and fraud control features. Xura added that its platform currently covers the majority of Globe's post-paid and prepaid customers with a combined total of 53 million as of the end of 2015.
Anton Bonifacio, Globe Chief Information Security Officer
By working with Xura, we have been stepping up our campaign against unwanted and errant text messages, and curb these from our network and to subscriber's devices.
David Khoo, Managing Director at Xura APAC
Xura provides a complete Spam & Fraud solution as a component of our Message Controller (MCO) product, which fits with Globe's current messaging infrastructure and reporting tools. Our solution is flexible and future-proof meaning it can scale as Globe's network evolves and traffic grows.
