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Articles tagged with: BSS
Convergent billing key to operator growth - report
Convergence is enabling mobile and fixed operators to tap new revenues from integrated services. However, in order to grow revenues and profit margins effectively, operators need to find the right balance between offering new converged packages and deploying the operational capability to deliver them, according to a new report from Analysys. more
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Sporty MVNO improves billing platform
ESPN continues its development of ESPN Mobile, the recently announced U.S. wireless phone service targeted to sports fans, via a multi-year agreement with Convergys Corporation. Convergys will provide its Infinys Rating and Billing software as well as professional and consulting services for ESPN Mobile. ESPN will use Infinys to rate and bill ESPN Mobile, which will be structured as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). more
South African network orders network software
South Africa's GSM network operator, Cell C has chosen Aircom's performance management tool, OPTIMA, to ensure that they achieve the optimum performance from their predominantly GSM1800 dual band network infrastructure. OPTIMA has been customised for Cell C and is fully integrated into the Siemens bss BR6.0 environment. more
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Schlumberger providing GSM-R billing platform
Schlumberger Business Support Systems (bss) Software Products has begun implementing its billing and user management telecom Information Technology solution within the new GSM-R (GSM-Railway) digital communications system for Italian rail operator, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. The project, which is being deployed in conjunction with Siemens, follows an earlier BSCS GSM-R implementation at Deutsche Bahn. more
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Tecore Wireless Systems says that it has completed the deployment of a digital wireless network for the Tennessee, USA based Yorkville Telephone Cooperative (YTC), an integrated provider of wireline, wireless and long distance telephone services. Expanding the existing AMPS-based wireless infrastructure, the turn-key project added Tecore's AirCore MSC/HLR and a complement of CoreCell TDMA/IS-136 base stations, enabled prepaid service, increased the number of cell sites, expanded coverage areas, allowed use of multi-mode GAIT (GSM ANSI-41 Interoperability) handsets and increased subscriber capacity. With this expansion, Tecore's technology also paves the way for a GSM bss overlay deployment. more
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Alcatel wins Argentinean GSM contract
Alcatel has signed a frame agreement with Telecom Personal, a subsidiary of Telecom Argentina group, for the extension of its GSM/GPRS 1900MHz network in Argentina. Under the terms of this agreement, Alcatel will supply Personal with its Evolium GSM solution comprising the whole Evolium bss product range (Multistandard base Station, Base Station Controller, Operation & Maintenance Center) as well as the Evolium Multi-bss Fast Packet Server for GPRS/EDGE specific hardware and functions. more
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Huawei launches soft switch UMTS core
China's Huawei Technologies has released a UMTS Core Network based on soft switch architecture. It supports both R4 and R99 of 3GPP standards, and can be evolved to R5. In addition, it also supports simultaneous access of 2G/2.5G bss and UTRAN. The central part of the soft switch architecture is the separation of control and bearer. Based on the soft switch architecture Huawei's Core Network is future application- proven for multimedia services and is scalable to address the long-term development needs for the UMTS network. It can significantly increase the system capacity and integration-level. more
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AirNet Communications has received purchase orders for approximately US$5 million in products and services. These orders will help expand wireless coverage throughout 10 cities in an un-named African GSM market. This GSM operator has also granted AirNet exclusive supply rights for any future base station sales. more
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Nokia wins Australian 3G contract
Nokia today announced an agreement with Cable & Wireless Optus (soon to be owned by SingTel) for the sole supply of a 3G network in Australia. The agreement covers the supply of 3G RAN (Radio Access Network), for both W-CDMA and EDGE, as well as the complete 3G Circuit and Packet Core Network. The initial value of the deal is potentially in excess of $900 million Australian dollars over seven years. Deliveries of the Nokia UltraSite base station have already begun, and the mobile packet core will evolve from the Nokia GPRS core that Optus already has in commercial use. The agreement also covers a continuation and extension of Nokia's existing 2G relationship where Nokia has a GSM bss infrastructure supply agreement with Optus." more
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Nokia has signed an agreement with the Slovak GSM network, Globtel to supply GPRS core network infrastructure. Globtel will be the first mobile operator in Slovakia with a complete commercially capable GPRS network. Nokia is providing its GPRS solution, including the GPRS core as well as the necessary bss upgrades. "This agreement with Globtel further strengthens Nokia's position in the Central Eastern European market and underlines Nokia's position as a world leader in GPRS," said Antti Jarvinen, Business Development Manager, Nokia Networks, Slovakia," more
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