Articles tagged with: Telecom New Zealand and Gprs

Cook Islands May Break Up Mobile Network Monopoly

The mobile network monopoly on the South Pacific's Cook Islands could be broken after a proposal is made to the government by Kukicel to allow it to enter the market. The island nation currently has just the one operator, Telecom Cook Islands, which is owned by Telecom New Zealand (60%) and the Cook Islands government (40%).  more

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Telecom New Zealand International Completes GSMA IPX Trials

Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI) has completed a multi-operator global trial of the GSM Association IP eXchange (IPX) framework for IP-based network interconnect services - working with Veraz Networks.  more

Related Tags: roaming, gsm-association, voip, telekom, New Zealand

Cook Islands Operator Completes GSM Softswitch Migration

Telecom Cook Islands has completed the commercial deployment of a GSM softswitch from ADC. The new softswitch -- which upgrades the carrier's core wireless network to more efficient, IP-based technology -- has been in deployment since September of 2007, and the final network cutover was accomplished last week. The network upgrade enabled by the UltraWave GSM softswitch includes an overall expansion of the network's capacity from 8,000 to 15,000 subscribers along with new services such as prepaid calling, SMS, voicemail, and GPRS data.  more

Related Tags: voicemail, core-network, tci

GSM Network Upgrade for Cook Islands Sole Operator

LGC Wireless says it has completed the first phase deployment of its new UltraWAVE GSM Softswitch for Telecom Cook Islands. The new softswitch is upgrading the carrier's core wireless network to more efficient, IP-based technology in order to reduce costs and enable value-added services such as integrated SMS, voice mail, GPRS and prepaid calling.  more

Related Tags: voicemail, New Zealand