Openwave Systems has announced the release of a mobile messaging anti-abuse edge services gateway — the Openwave Edge Gx 2.0.
The gateway is intended to help protect end-users against spam, viruses and other malicious attacks and is designed for mobile service providers that enable mobile messaging, including MMS, e-mail, SMS and mobile email.
Edge Gx 2.0 includes Shared Server Intelligence (SSI), which secures the messaging network at the instance of attack, which Openwave says eliminates vulnerabilities found in other anti-spam and anti-virus solutions.
The gateway’s SSI functionality enables networks to communicate and share information in real time to protect systems from messaging abuse attacks; enforces an operator’s acceptable usage policy by stopping messaging abuse before it enters a network; and allows operators to offer end users a protected messaging experience on all services.
“Unlike other solutions on the market, Edge Gx 2.0 is a true carrier-scale solution,” said Rich Wong, general manager of messaging applications at Openwave Systems. “The larger the messaging system, the more vulnerable carriers are — which means there is an even greater need for a shared brain or shared server intelligence, so systems can communicate in real time and lock down every messaging entry point at the moment of attack.”
Openwave also hopes operators will be attracted by the way the gateway could offer a new model for certified mail. Service providers can use it to tag and organise messages that subscribers can then categorise into junk, regular email or priority email.
Scott Ellison, Program Director, Wireless and Mobile Communications, IDC, said, “The next generation of messaging abuse targets mobile devices.”