Abstract: A method and an apparatus and server for the receipt of a message addressed to a single identifier for forwarding to a customer is described in which the message uses one of a plurality of message formats, The method comprises receiving the message at a receiving one of a plurality of receivers in one or more of a plurality of telecommunications networks in accordance with the one of the plurality of message formats, wherein the message uses one of a plurality of message formats, the one of the plurality of message formats being independent of the single identifier, passing the message from the receiving one of the plurality of receivers to a central platform and forwarding the message from the central platform to the customer, wherein the single identifier is chosen from a plurality of identifiers provided to the central platform by the one or more telecommunications networks, the single identifier being assigned to the customer.

Abstract: The application relates to a method for obtaining cross-network accessible information about a mobile station (110). The method has a first step of receiving the request for mobile station information at a query server (120); a second step of defining one or more subqueries in the query server (120) to access cross-network accessi+e information; a third step of transmitting said subqueries to locations storing said cross-network accessi+e information; a fourth step of returning responses to said subqueries to the query server (120). The application furthermore teaches a query server (120) with a query receiver for accepting a request. One or more subquery generators (126) in the query server (120) generate one ˜r more subqueries from the query and these subqueries are submitted to one or more networks (50) by one or more subquery transmitters.