BICS has partnered with roaming signalling solutions provider, Cellusys. As a result of the partnership, BICS’ customers, particularly mobile operators, will benefit from improved quality, security, and cost-effectiveness in their roaming services. 

BICS is part of the Proximus Group and the international communications enabler which carries half the world’s data roaming traffic.

The collaboration supports value-added roaming services, including Steering of Roaming, Welcome SMS, and Roaming Call Correction. As global connectivity continues to evolve, BICS looks to partner with providers like Cellusys that reflect its commitment to delivering high-quality and robust solutions with best-in-class service offerings. Quality and service are more important than ever as mobile operators face the challenge of navigating the ever-increasing complexities of roaming, such as the rapid growth of travel eSIMs, increase in IoT use cases, and the introduction of 5G SA.

BICS’ Welcome SMS service will benefit from further enhancement from Cellusys. These are the messages sent from operators to subscribers when they arrive in a new country, informing them about the rates for using data, calls or SMS while visiting that country and providing local emergency numbers. Such services have become a regulatory requirement in an increasing number of countries, and failure to comply can result in penalties or sanctions. Other services being supported by this partnership include call correction, which helps end-users by automatically converting numbers to the international format and transforming short numbers to standard-digit ones when they travel abroad.