#26:Central part of operator’s business; simplified value
#27:As the number of ESME / SMSCs increase routing tables become unmanageable in both ESMEs and SMSCs
Single place to maintain large routing tables
Single point of entry/access into carriers network for third-party application
Inter-carrier SMS – Each carrier will have an SMS Gateway communicating with other carrier’s SMS Gateway via SMPP
ESME throttling enabled
Multiple SMSCs not exposed to firewall