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'''SMS Home Routing''' is a modification to the original [[GSM]] specifications that changed the way inbound (off-net) [[SMS]] messages are treated by mobile [[telecommunications]] networks. Adopted by the [[3GPP]] in 2007, Home Routing was devised to enable mobile networks to offer a full range of advanced services on both inbound and outbound SMS, giving more utility to phone users and enabling operators to generate additional [[revenue]].

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Home Routing uses the recipient network Home Location Register (HLR) to change the flow of inbound off-net messages, directing them to an SMS router, rather than straight to target handsets. There, advanced services such as divert, copy, archiving and anti-spam can be applied before messages are delivered.

SMS Home Routing was standardized by the 3GPP in two forms;<ref>{{Cite web |title=C4-060290 ZIP file |url=http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ct/WG4_protocollars_ex-CN4/TSGCT4_30_Denver/TDocs/C4-060290.zip}}</ref> Non-Transparent Home Routing supporting all types of advanced SMS services and, in response to lobbying from bulk SMS service providers, transparentTransparent Home Routing supporting a limited sub-set of advanced SMS services and the issuance of delivery receipts.

==References==