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==The Home Routing solution==
 
Home Routing uses the recipient network Home Location Register (HLR) to change 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>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, Transparent Home Routing supporting a limited sub-set of advanced SMS services and the issuance of delivery receipts.
 
Home Routing has been widely adopted by mobile networks operators around the world, among them [[O2 UK]] whose Bluebook service, enabled by Home Routing, lets phone users keep an archive of all sent and received SMS messages.
 
 
==References==