{"id":65378,"date":"2024-08-09T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sinchbogdanimport.local\/glossary\/what-is-an-ss7-network\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:14:34","slug":"what-is-an-ss7-network","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/sinch.com\/in\/glossary\/what-is-an-ss7-network\/","title":{"rendered":"SS7 Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-an-ss7-network-\">What is an SS7 network?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Signalling System 7 (SS7) is the way most of the world\u2019s mobile networks communicate with each other. It\u2019s a set of telephony protocols enabling the transmission of voice, data, control and session management information, and of course, SMS.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want more technical specs? Keep reading!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SS7 protocol has layers based on the OSI (Open Systems Interchange) model. 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