Orascom Telecom Algeria (Djezzy) has announced that Nokia Siemens Networks will be the provider of its next Home Location Register (HLR) solution. Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize the installed base of 17 million subscribers as well as provide additional capacity of 3 million.
The Subscriber Data Management Solution from Nokia Siemens Networks will enable Djezzy to develop a single database for subscriber information - unifying data that is currently fragmented across several platforms.
With the deployment already finished and the migration underway, the new capacity will go live by 2009 while the migration of the current installed base is foreseen for the year end.
Dirk Lewandowski, Head of "Orascom" Customer Business Team for Nokia Siemens Networks added "We were able to showcase the benefits of a unified architecture HLR solution, that not only provided increased efficiencies in the network but also significant cost savings. Thus, while [Orascom Telecom] already had a vendor in charge of this critical aspect of their core business, they decided to switch and go with us all the way."
Earlier this month, the mobile operator also ordered a Provisioning and Activation Solution from OSS vendor, Comptel.
According to figures from the Mobile World analysts, Djezzy finished June with some 14.2 million subscribers, and a market share of 46%. The country itself has a population penetration level of 91%.
Posted to the site on 11th November 2008
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