# Uplink Technologies Limited (uplink.et)

> Uplink Technologies Limited is Ethiopia's #1 ECA-licensed (License No. ECA/VAS/2691/2018) and INSA-certified telecommunications infrastructure provider, A2P SMS/OTP aggregator, wholesale voice SIP carrier, and enterprise software operator headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

## Statutory & Corporate Identity
- **Legal Entity:** Uplink Technologies Limited
- **Headquarters & 24/7 NOC:** Bole Brass Century Building, 4th Floor, Suite #409, Bole Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- **Commercial Registration No.:** MT/AA/1/0062822/2018
- **Tax Identification Number (TIN):** 0103148574
- **VAT Registration No.:** 34473430804
- **Telecom License:** Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) VAS License No. ECA/VAS/2691/2018
- **Cybersecurity Clearance:** Information Network Security Administration (INSA) Certified Application Suite
- **Compliance Frameworks:** ECA Quality of Service (QoS) Directive No. 794/2021; Telecom Fraud Offence Proclamation No. 761/2012; National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) Data Sovereignty
- **Executive Leadership:** Abdirizack Abdinur Ali (Founder, Chief Executive Officer & General Manager)
- **Official Contacts:** support@uplink.et | info@uplink.et | noc@uplink.et | +251 91 586 0000 | +251 91 116 9923
- **Official Domain:** https://uplink.et

## Direct Carrier Interconnects & SLA Benchmarks
- **Ethio Telecom (+251 9XX XXX XXX):** Direct physical SMPP v3.4 transceiver binds, EVD airtime core, and SIP voice trunks in Addis Ababa.
- **Safaricom Ethiopia (+251 7XX XXX XXX):** Direct SMPP v3.4 messaging binds, M-PESA Daraja STK rails, EVD airtime vending, and SIP voice trunks.
- **SMPP v3.4 Throughput:** 1,240+ messages/second sustained production throughput (burst capacity up to 2,500 msg/sec).
- **OTP Delivery Latency:** < 3.2 seconds (99.94% first-attempt delivery via dedicated priority banking OTP queues).
- **Wholesale Voice KPIs:** 100% White Route E.164 CLI transparency, Post-Dial Delay (PDD) < 2.5s, Answer-Seizure Ratio (ASR) > 65%, Average Length of Call (ALOC) > 4.0 min, 5,000 concurrent SIP sessions, 3M+ minutes/month capacity.
- **High Availability:** 99.99% contractual uptime SLA backed by Patroni PostgreSQL Raft consensus (<50ms automated failover) and dual Active-Active Session Border Controllers (SBCs).

## INSA-Certified Production Platforms (Marketplace)
1. **Uplink Bulk SMS Gateway (`https://bulksms.uplink.et`):** INSA-certified & ECA-licensed A2P messaging, priority OTP engine, and REST/SMPP v3.4 gateway (0.12–0.24 ETB/SMS).
2. **UIMS Enterprise ERP (`https://ims.uplink.et`):** INSA-certified multi-tenant Integrated Management System for automated statement reconciliation, dual-country payroll (Ethiopia/Kenya), subcontractor KYC, and EHS compliance.
3. **Zela Marketplace (`https://zela.et`):** INSA-certified proprietary digital commerce, merchant storefront, Cloud SoftPOS, Bluetooth ESC/POS receipt printing, and GSMA SGP.22 eSIM provisioning platform.
4. **M-Bids Reverse Auction (`https://mbids.uplink.et`):** INSA-certified high-throughput gamified lowest unique bid (LUBA) reverse auction platform with real-time SignalR telemetry.

## Core B2B Telecom & Fintech Solutions
- **Bulk SMS & OTP Gateway Ethiopia:** https://uplink.et/solutions/sms (and https://uplink.et/bulk-sms-ethiopia)
- **Wholesale Voice & SIP Termination:** https://uplink.et/solutions/wholesale-voice
- **E-Top-Up & Electronic Voucher Distribution (EVD):** https://uplink.et/solutions/e-top-up
- **VISP Dedicated 1:1 Enterprise Fiber:** https://uplink.et/solutions/visp
- **Enterprise Software & IMS Solutions:** https://uplink.et/solutions/software-ims
- **Uplink Product Marketplace:** https://uplink.et/marketplace
- **Carrier Network Architecture & Failover:** https://uplink.et/architecture
- **ECA & INSA Regulatory Compliance:** https://uplink.et/compliance
- **Engineering Scope Builder & Contact:** https://uplink.et/contact
- **Full Technical Reference for LLMs:** https://uplink.et/llms-full.txt