Articles tagged with: Core Network and Capex

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.  more

Related Tags: , 3g, intel, sms, qtel, wataniya-telecom, ovi, iden, wataniya, billing, opex, tekelec, ss7, 2g, Kuwait


Tunisian Operator Upgrades GPRS Core Network

Tunisian mobile operator, Tunisiana has modernized its GPRS core network following an upgrade contract which was awarded to Nokia Siemens Networks. The company installed its Flexi ISN, which performs GPRS Gateway Service Node (GGSN) and data charging functionalities, and is fully integrated with the existing Nokia Siemens Networks charge@once prepaid solution to enable flexible charging of data services.  more

Related Tags: intel, mms, vas, orascom-telecom, nokia-siemens-networks, ben, siemens, gprs, tunisiana, opex, nokia-siemens, orascom, wap, ggsn, Tunisia


Economic Downturn Leads Carriers to Reduce Capex Spending

In financially challenging times, when service revenues dip due to reduced end-user confidence, a standard tactic is to cut back on capital expenditure, which boosts operating margins and thereby profits. This tactic was used in the dot.com/3G economic downturn earlier this decade.  more

Related Tags: base-station, iphone, mobile-tv, social-networking, samsung, apple, apple, abi-research, mobile-internet, backhaul, omnia, apple-iphone, music


The European Market for Femtocells is Not Quite There Yet

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan estimates that there will be 21.392 million femtocell subscribers with 10.696 million femtocells deployed across Western Europe in 2010, and this will reach 39.403 million femtocell subscribers with 15.761 million femtocells deployments by 2011.  more

Related Tags: mobile-data, femtocell, base-stations, femtocells, indoor, dual-mode


T-Mobile and Three to Merge their 3G Radio Access Networks

Hutchison 3G UK (3) and T-Mobile UK have signed an agreement to combine their 3G access networks in a collaboration which they say will lead to almost complete population coverage for 3G services across Britain by the end of 2008 with significant fill in and improvement to dense urban in-building coverage in 2009.  more

Related Tags: hutchison-3g-uk, hutchison-3g, ovum, t-mobile-uk, opex, mobile-broadband-network, UK


Alcatel-Lucent Wins French IP/MPLS Contract

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by France's SFR to supply a core IP/MPLS network. The company says that the IP/MPLS core network will enable SFR to offer a new set of differentiated mobile broadband services, full network Quality of Service (QoS) on a service-by-service basis. In addition, the core MPLS network based on the Alcatel-Lucent IP solution will enable SFR to improve on CAPEX and OPEX through the efficiencies of IP-based technology.  more

Related Tags: alcatel-lucent, sfr, seamless, France


Nokia Wins Turkish Network Contract

Nokia and Turkish mobile operator AVEA have signed a three-year framework agreement for the deployment of the Nokia MSC Server 3GPP compliant mobile softswitch. The Nokia softswitch will be central to AVEA's plans to modernize its network by creating Turkey's first Next Generation Network (NGN). more

Related Tags: avea, 3gpp, fixed-mobile-convergence, next-generation-network, ims, push-to-talk, sip, softswitch, msc


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