TIM Brasil, a tier-one mobile operator with more than 55
million subscribers, has extended its deal with Tekelec to manage and monetize
users’ mobile data traffic.
Tekelec’s Policy Server, a policy and charging rules
function (PCRF), and its Subscriber Data Management (SDM) product will help TIM
Brasil offer new prepaid and postpaid tariff plans for smartphone, tablet and
netbook users.
TIM Brasil’s marketing and network teams will be able to
create new tiers and promotions designed to grow market share and revenue, and
to better control network usage to lower capex and opex.
TIM Brasil initially selected Tekelec’s PCRF in early
2010, when it was the Camiant Multimedia Policy Engine. Tekelec acquired
Camiant in May 2010. Earlier this year, the company augmented the Policy Server
and SDM scalability and flexibility by migrating them onto the Tekelec XG
middleware platform, designed to support tier one operator requirements for 3G,
IMS and LTE networks.
TIM Brasil has been a Tekelec customer since 2004, and
has also deployed the company’s Signal Transfer Point, Mobile Messaging
products and Performance Intelligence Center.
“The growth of mobile data and mobile broadband
services is key to our innovation and subscriber growth,” said Rogerio
Pahoor, core network manager at TIM Brasil.
“Tekelec’s Policy Server and SDM support our vision
of more tailored plans that give customers personalized pricing and services
while allowing us to cost-efficiently grow our network. Tekelec provides the
unique combination of scalability, flexibility and reliability required to
capitalize on the growth of mobile data traffic and devices,” Pahoor
added.
According to a survey by the Brazilian Association of
Telecommunications (Telebrasil), the country’s mobile broadband connections
have nearly doubled from 15.1 million in May 2010 to 29.7 million in July 2011.
Modems account for 6.9 million connections and 3G access comprises the
remaining 22.8 million connections.
Tekelec
has 52 policy customers including 31 tier ones in 39 countries. In
addition to Brazil, its Latin America footprint spans Argentina, Bolivia,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay,
Peru and Uruguay. The company counts 34 SDM customers including 11 tier ones in
22 countries.
Policy Server manages subscribers’ access and use of
devices, applications and services based on operator-defined policies. These
policies direct traffic volumes and speeds, charging, admission control and
quality of service (QoS) parameters.
Policy Server interoperates with dozens of vendors’
products, such as a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), deep packet inspection
(DPI) software and video optimization gateway to enable deployment in any type
of network architecture.
The SDM product family is based on a flexible back-end
database, the Subscriber Data Server (SDS), that supports multiple front-end
applications. TIM Brasil is deploying Tekelec’s SDS as a 3GPP Subscriber
Profile Repository (SPR).
“TIM Brasil is proactively identifying innovative
service plans and network quality metrics to meet subscribers’ growing demand
for mobile data,” said João Plasschaert, sales director at Tekelec.
“As Brazil’s 3G growth escalates and LTE is
introduced in the coming years, Tekelec’s Policy Server and SDM will enable TIM
Brasil to provide personalized services while cost-effectively growing its
network,” Plasschaert added.
Recently, Tekelec has named
Douglas A. Suriano as chief technology officer (CTO).
Suriano will be responsible for product innovation,
leadership in standards bodies and industry forums, and advocacy for mobile
data solutions across Tekelec’s global customer base.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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