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Syniverse 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. The company began in 1987 as a GTE business unit called GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. The company’s global headquarters are in Tampa, Florida, U.S.A., and it has regional headquarters in Costa Rica, Argentina, Dubai, Luxembourg and Hong Kong.〔http://www.syniverse.com/Contact-Us〕 Syniverse is ISO 9001:2008 certified and TL 9000 approved, meaning the company adheres to the principles of customer focus and quality improvement practices.〔("Company Profile for Syniverse Technologies, Inc.” ), ''Business Wire'', retrieved March 19, 2009〕 == History == Syniverse was established in 1987 as a GTE business unit, GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. (GTE TSI).〔("Syniverse Hldgs Inc SVR" ), ''Market Watch'', retrieved March 18, 2009〕 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. In 1993, it developed the first wireless SS7 network to support intelligent network-based services. In 1998, the company began to offer its services globally, providing 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 2000, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Information Services Inc. In 2001, the company changed its name from GTE TSI Telecommunication Services Inc. to Verizon Telecommunication Services Inc. That 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 changing its name again to just Telecommunication Services Inc. In 2004, the company changed its corporate name to Syniverse Technologies.〔("TSI Now Syniverse Technologies" ), ''eWeek'', March 1, 2004〕 On Feb. 10, 2005, Syniverse became a public company, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SVR.〔("Syniverse completes IPO, begins trading" ), ''Tampa Bay Business Journal'', February 10, 2005〕 Also in 2005, the company developed a platform to distribute wireless AMBER AlertTM messages about missing children in the United States;〔("Wireless AMBER Alerts Up and Running" ), ''Wireless Week'', May 17, 2005〕 offered the first 1xRTT/1xEV-DO solution to enable mobile data roaming for CDMA subscribers;〔("Syniverse Signs Three More Wireless Operators for 1xRTT/1xEV-DO Solution; Syniverse Now Enables Mobile Data Roaming For More Than 115 million CDMA Subscribers Worldwide" ), ''TMC Net'', September 27, 2005〕 and became a founding investor, board member and technical participant of dotMobi, the registry for the .mobi domain.〔("Here comes dot.mobi" ), ''Telecom Redux'', July 14, 2005〕 In 2006, Syniverse acquired Interactive Technology Holdings Limited (ITHL), expanding the company’s customer base in Asia Pacific and adding new products.〔("Syniverse acquires telecommunications business of ITHL" ), ''DQ Channels'', June 23, 2006〕 The following year, Syniverse was appointed to provide wireless number portability services to both Singapore〔Victoria Ho, ("S’pore on track for number portability" ) ''ZDNet Asia'', December 26, 2007〕 and Canada,〔("Syniverse helps Canadians meet WNP deadline" ), ''Telephony Online'', March 15, 2007 . Retrieved on March 16, 2009.〕 and acquired the wireless data and financial clearing business of Billing Services Group Limited (BSG), expanding Syniverse’s global business.〔("Syniverse expands international footprint with BSG acquisition" ), ''Telephony Online'', April 2. 2007〕 In 2009, Syniverse became part of Standard & Poor’s Midcap 400 under the Global Industry Classification Index (GCIS) Wireless Telecommunications Services Sub-industry index〔("Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index" ), ''TMC Net'', February 19, 2009〕 and was selected as one of two companies selected to provide mobile number portability in India.〔("India Department of Telecommunications Selects Syniverse to Provide Mobile Number Portability" ), ''TMC Net'', March 9, 2009〕 Syniverse also acquired Wireless Solutions International (WSI) in 2009〔("Syniverse Completes Acquisition of WSI" ), "Yahoo! Finance", May 15, 2009〕 and VeriSign, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:VRSN) Messaging and Mobile Media Services.〔("Syniverse Completes Acquisition of VeriSign`s Messaging Business" ), "TMC Net", October 27, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009〕 Syniverse began delivering text messages free of charge to pregnant and expecting mothers with the Text4baby initiative in 2010.〔("Wireless industry targets pregnant women with m-health initiative" ), "RCR Wireless", February 4, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010〕 In that same year, the company was chosen by CTIA - The Wireless Association to support the Latin America common short code (CSC) initiative. Syniverse uses its web-based platform to incorporate registry, CSC search and payment functionality.〔("CTIA-The Wireless Association Announces New Latin America Common Short Code Initiative" ), "Earth Times", March 23, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010〕 On Jan. 13, 2011, Syniverse became a private corporation after being acquired by an affiliate of The Carlyle Group for approximately $2.6 billion.〔("Syniverse Technologies goes private with Carlyle Group deal" ), ''Tampa Bay Business Journal'', Jan. 13, 2011〕 Shortly thereafter at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, Syniverse unveiled its Mobile Video Broadcast Service, the industry’s first video communication solution that is interoperable across platforms, devices and networks. This service enables an operator’s subscribers to send live video to mobile handsets, PCs and social networks, delivering live peer-to-peer video communication as easily as sending an SMS.〔("MWC - Syniverse delivers world’s first interoperable mobile video communications solution to Korea Telecom" ), ''Mobile Europe'', Feb. 15, 2011〕 In July 2013, Syniverse acquired MACH, adding significant capabilities within the roaming, messaging, network and fraud space that help to simplify complexities of the mobile landscape and enable all types of mobile service providers around the globe to deliver the experiences their end users demand.〔("Syniverse Completes Acquisition of MACH " ), July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013〕 On August 4, 2014, Syniverse announced that it completed its acquisition of Aicent. This acquisition is expected to expand Syniverse’s global communications network, drive increased value to customers through augmented real-time intelligence services, and extend the company’s global reach to mobile subscribers, enterprises and mobile operators. 〔http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blog/morning-edition/2014/08/syniverse-completes-purchase-of-aicent.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syniverse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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