Tekelec Wins Additional Signaling Business With Wataniya Telecom

Tekelec says that it has won a follow-on order to provide its EAGLE 5 platform to Wataniya Telecom in Kuwait, giving the operator a central signaling solution to handle core network functions. Tekelec's EAGLE 5 provides a single solution for multiple core networking functions such as signal transfer point (STP), signaling gateway and intelligent routing.

The platform scales to meet Wataniya's signaling system 7 (SS7) and SS7 over Internet Protocol, or SIGTRAN, signaling needs based on subscriber growth and the increase of 3G-enabled handsets, which can often generate more signaling traffic than 2G or 2.5G devices.

"Tekelec gives us new abilities to perform numerous network operations and analysis from a central control," said Hisham Sibilini, chief technology officer of Wataniya Telecom, "saving capex and opex and giving us the tools to improve our services' portfolio as we continue to grow."

Wataniya will also use Tekelec to balance traffic for SMS needs and screen and control inter-operator traffic for billing accuracy. The EAGLE 5 maximizes SMS traffic routing by analyzing signaling intelligence.

"Operators in high-growth economies must be prepared to scale as business grows," said Wolrad Claudy, Tekelec's senior vice president of global sales. "Wataniya Telecom has helped Kuwait achieve more than 100 percent mobile market penetration, and we are excited to begin new services for this multi-national service provider." In addition to Kuwait, Wataniya Telecom operates in Algeria, Maldives, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia and is part of the Qtel group.

Posted to the site on 14th April 2009