GlobalRoam's 2-way mobile anonymous communication solution
ConvergenceAsia Staff
20/06/2007

Integrated communications services provider, GlobalRoam, has created a mobile value-added service (VAS), called cMask, based on TelcoBridges' flexible telecom platform.

The solution allows mobile users to call and send SMS messages anonymously. Users are assigned a cMask number, a local direct inward dialling telephone number, which is used to make and receive voice calls and to send and receive SMS messages. The user's real mobile phone number is never revealed.

"Our cMask solution is currently deployed in Singapore and available to any mobile user," said Clarence Tan, CEO, GlobalRoam, “it works on any mobile phone. No software download or installation is required."

The solution is available for license by online community portals and mobile phone operators worldwide, he said.

GlobalRoam's cMask uses TelcoBridges' telecom platform SS7 ISUP and TCAP signalling capabilities to set up/teardown voice calls and send/receive SMS messages using anonymous cMask telephone numbers.

To establish an anonymous voice call, subscribers use the cMask system to originate a call from their assigned cMask number to the contact they wish to reach. The system then bridges the two calls together. To send an anonymous SMS message, users simply send the SMS to the cMask system. The system then relays the SMS while using the user's cMask number as the originating phone number.

cMask also provides users with the ability to manage their contact lists via the web and by SMS. They can add or delete contacts, block them completely or according to a schedule.

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