Intelligent data routing application and method for providing a home mobile network operator with a location of an outbound roamer

A method of enabling a Home Mobile Network (HPMN) to identify a location of a User Equipment (UE) roaming within a Visited Mobile Network (VPMN), comprising:

• providing an Intelligent Data Routing (IDR) application, wherein the IDR application functions as a proxy between a VPMN Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) and a HPMN Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), the IDR application being configured to execute the steps comprising:
• receiving a Create PDP Context Request message or an Update PDP Context Request message from the SGSN;
• determining whether the Routing Area Identity (RAI) Information Element (IE) is present in the Create PDP Context Request message or the Update PDP Context Request message;
• responsive to the RAI IE being absent, populating the RAI IE of the Create PDP Context Request message or the Update PDP Context Request message with a first set of values obtained from the SGSN;
• determining whether the User Location Information (ULI) IE is present in the Create PDP Context Request message or the Update PDP Context Request message;
• responsive to the ULI IE being absent, populating the ULI IE of the Create PDP Context Request message or the Update PDP Context Request message with a second set of values obtained from the SGSN;
• and
• sending the Create PDP Context Request message or the Update PDP Context Request message with populated RAI and ULI IEs to the GGSN, thereby enabling the HPMN to identify a current location of the UE within the VPMN.