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Altobridge lite-site™ - the solution of choice for pan-Indonesian roll-out
Kerry Technology Park, Ireland, February 9th 2011 - (Virtual Press Office) : PT Indosat Tbk - the second largest mobile operator in Indonesia, has selected Altobridge, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications solutions, as its supplier of choice to bring mobile connectivity to remote communities across Indonesia.
Deployment of the Altobridge lite-sites™ is already underway amongst previously unconnected communities in West Sulawesi. The low-cost, solar-powered Altobridge solution will bring voice, SMS and mobile data connectivity, for the first time, to communities and enterprises across Indonesia.
Steve Hobbs, Indosat Director and Chief Technology Officer, said, “Bringing mobile connectivity to thousands of unconnected communities in Indonesia is part of our vision to provide products and services, which enhance the quality of life of the communities we operate in.
“We chose the Altobridge lite-site™ because it enables us to optimize our capital budget, while, operationally, it minimizes our backhaul costs and, equally important, it is power efficient and ideally suited for solar.”
Aoife Sexton, President Remote Community Solutions at Altobridge, said, “We specialize in delivering a low capital cost and low operational cost wireless network solution for the world’s unconnected communities and enterprises. We are delighted to have been chosen by Indosat in this hugely important growth economy.” • 9-2-11
Altobridge wireless network solutions provide a lower capital and lower operating cost option for the delivery of voice and mobile broadband services, enabling mobile network operators to connect unconnected communities and enterprises at minimum cost.
Central to this lie a series of patented and patent-pending technologies, namely: Data at the Edge™ (data optimization in wireless networks), Local Connectivity™ (local voice switching) and Split Architecture™ (transmission and power optimization), all of which – individually and combined - drive down communications delivery costs for mobile network operators, by reducing backhaul and power consumption costs.
The Altobridge lite-site™ is designed to meet the needs of 100 to 1,500-size subscriber communities.
Altobridge solutions are deployed and operational in over 20 countries worldwide.
The company is headquartered in Ireland and has four further bases in Malaysia, Indonesia, China and the US, covering sales, R&D, customer support and manufacturing.
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“The change on the radio spectrum framework in one country can be, for example, a very critical item for a telecom manufacturer willing to sell their products in this specific market. Being aware of all the regulatory and approval changes that happen all around the world is a very impossible task unless you have a team full and deeply oriented to track them. This is what our compliance engineers do every day”, said Gema Briseno, AT4 wireless Worldwide Compliance Services Manager. “Our Regulatory and Approval Web Portal is then the solution for those people involved in type approval and requesting updated regulatory market information”. • 26-3-10
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AT4 wireless is a global supplier of testing solutions for wireless technologies such as LTE, 2G/3G/HSPA, WiMAX™ and Bluetooth®, and is recognized as a leading telecom testing laboratory and test & measurement equipment manufacturer. AT4 wireless covers world class services for conformance, regulatory and interoperability testing as well as field trials and worldwide compliance and type approval consulting, offering a truly one-stop service for the certification of telecommunication devices.
Communications solution for remote communities
IET and AfricaCom shortlistings recognise global and regional importance of the Altobridge Remote Community Solution
Leading provider of cost-effective wireless solutions, Altobridge, has been shortlisted for two prestigious industry awards in recognition of its Remote Community Solution. This technology makes a powerful contribution to emerging market mobile network operators, enabling them to roll out profitable cellular services to small, remote user groups.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), has selected Altobridge as a finalist from 400 entries for its: Remote Community Solution - Delivering Cost-Effective Hybrid Satcom/Cellular Communications Solutions to Isolated Communities, in the Telecommunications category of the IET Innovation Awards 2009. The winners will be announced on 25 November at a gala dinner to be held in London at Lord's Cricket Ground.
The IET is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community and has more than 150,000 members in 127 countries. It provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.
In the second shortlisting, the Altobridge Remote Community Solution has again been selected as a finalist in the ‘Best Cost Efficiency Solution for Africa’ category of the 2009 AfricaCom Awards. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony held in Cape Town on 11 November where 500 industry leaders will attend to celebrate the biggest achievers in the African telecoms industry. The Awards, in their second year, are organised by Informa Telecoms & Media as part of its Com World Series. It received a record 88 entries this year, of which 13 were in the Best Cost-Efficiency Solution category. This is the 12th AfricaCom Conference with over 3,500 telecoms participants.
The Altobridge Remote Community solution combines two of the company’s breakthrough technologies, Local Connectivity and its Split Architecture, together with a cost-effective remote base station. As a result, mobile network operators can benefit from the most operationally efficient communications solution for remote communities available today.
The Remote Community solution delivers cost-effective wireless services for communities with 50 to 500 subscribers in remote or hard-to-reach areas. It provides operators with the opportunity to switch locally in any network scenario, and the technology reduces the backhaul cost to levels below that of sites in the macro network.
The core of the Remote Community solution is the Split Architecture. In simple terms, the part of the BSC handling Radio Resource Management and all other communication with the BTS and the mobiles, has been moved out to the BTS site, while the part handling communication with the MSC/Media Gateway, is kept centrally. This split allows the BSC to manage the BTS and mobiles, without any signaling going back and forth over the backhaul link.
As the Split Architecture resides on either side of the satellite backhaul link, it is in full control of how and what is transferred over the link. In addition to just optimising the payload, by removing padding and silent frames, Altobridge’s Split Architecture transcodes the signal.
The transcoded signal requires 5-8 kbit/s per active voice channel, compared to 17-25 kbit/s required by competing solutions. In many areas of the world, the difference represents 4-5 US cents per minute, effectively an operator’s entire profit margin. Add to that the idle load and it becomes clear that Altobridge’s Remote Community solution is ideal for addressing small remote communities, profitably.
To further improve both business case and user experience the Remote Community solution includes Altobridge’s Local Connectivity technology, which handles all local calls locally. The company’s patented Local Connectivity functionality is unique in that call control, charging, supplementary service management and O&M remains in the control of the MSC.
The transparency ensures that the investment in optimising the central core network and service layer is protected and no expensive and complex distributed architecture is introduced. As Local Connectivity eliminates double satellite hops for local calls, users will also experience improved network quality. This usually leads to longer call holding times and, therefore, higher call revenues. • 13-10-09
Headquartered at Kerry Technology Park, Ireland and with regional offices in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, USA and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Altobridge is a leading provider of telecommunications solutions that cut the cost of communications to, from and between wireless devices.
Jinny Software launches the Jinny Call Router, which is aimed at reducing MNO OPEX, growing revenues, reducing churn and enriching the overall experiences of subscribers.
The Jinny Call Router has been designed to solve several problems facing MNOs, as well as to deliver a differentiating range of new and exciting, high-value features for operators and users alike.
A new call management feature, for instance, allows operators and customers control over incoming calls. It enables subscribers to manage these calls in order to reduce their bills, particularly when roaming, while ensuring important calls are not lost. It also offers users a ‘Collect Call’ facility, allowing people without enough units to initiate a call, which can then be paid for by the called party.
The problems faced by MNOs and addressed by the Call Router relate to voicemail routing and voice mail server upgrades. Mobile operators need a flexible routing mechanism, which provides them with the options of scalability, expansion and a simplified process for subscriber additions and re-assignments to maximise the use of existing resources – Jinny’s Call Router provides the solution.
It reduces MNO OPEX and time taken when adding new voicemail subscribers or moving subscribers between servers, and also enables operators to use different voice mail providers when they introduce new voicemail or other multimedia services, rather than being restricted to a single provider. In addition, flexible routing enables greater options for customer segmentation and launch of new services, maximising ARPU and revenue streams, while reducing time-to-market.
The fully scalable Jinny Call Router completes the modular Jinny Call Completion package, which combines a range of complementary products such as: Missed Call Notification (MCN), VoiceSMS and a wide-spectrum of features from the company’s voicemail offering.
Jinny Call Router capabilities include:
Joseph Haddad, Jinny Product Manager, said, “Jinny’s Call Router consolidates multiple market-leading features in a single product. The solution’s differentiating functionality is twofold: not only will it deliver full control over incoming calls to the operators and provide their customers with exciting and important features like call management, call screening and call collect – all of which will generate significant new revenues for the MNOs - but it will also remove the current limitations facing MNOs, which are associated with voicemail routing and voicemail server upgrades.”
Ludovic Patraud, Head of Product Management, added, “As part of our Call Completion offering, the launch of the Call Router product provides a comprehensive set of features which will add significant value to MNO businesses with a very quick ROI. We are targeting both emerging markets and their need to support mobile subscriber growth and associated voice service requirements efficiently, as well as more mature and competitive markets where new subscriber-centric services like personalisation and greater customer segmentation are required in order to help drive revenue and build customer loyalty. The market traction around our Call Completion Solution is growing and the availability of our Call Router will now accelerate this interest.” • 14-7-10
Jinny Software offers a comprehensive range of messaging, call & media and mobile advertising solutions. Our Messaging solutions drive increased efficiency in traffic management and enable the rapid introduction of secure, innovative and revenue-generating services. Our Call & Media solutions fully exploit the potential of call-related services, driving revenue opportunities through attractive subscriber services and increasing profitability of voice services. Jinny’s Mobile Advertising Solution enables both operators and advertising agencies to efficiently implement their critical mobile marketing and advertising strategies.
Implementation, project management, support and training is provided by Jinny’s service teams located in Brazil, Ireland, Kenya, UAE, Panama and Malaysia. Jinny Software operates from its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and offices across the globe. Jinny Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Acotel Group S.p.A, headquartered in Rome, Italy and traded on the Milan stock market (ACO.MI).
NEC Corporation (NEC) announced at the Mobile World Congress 2010 that it will build the first Norwegian femtocell network for Network Norway.
Network Norway will provide its enterprise customers with NEC’s femtocell access point to plug into their broadband router. In addition, NEC is providing Network Norway with the NEC femto gateway and access point management systems which can aggregate and connect thousands of access points to Network Norway’s core network.
Arild E. Hustad, chief executive officer, Network Norway said, “Our customers demand mobile services with excellent, stable quality. Poor indoor coverage has for a long time been an issue that needed to be solved. With NEC’s femtocell solutions we are now able to carry out a pilot to commercially and technically test state-of-the-art phone services solving the problem with indoor coverage, as well as a continuous, high-speed broadband service.”
NEC’s low-power femtocell access point will provide a dedicated 3G network indoors for personal use by Network Norway’s customers, eradicating the “no bar” coverage that mobile phone users experience within buildings. The dedicated coverage will enable Network Norway to offer those customers who have poor indoor coverage to access their favourite mobile media services on their handsets and 3G-enabled net books.
“Mobile operators are under constant pressure to offer a competitive service; femtocell is a way they can differentiate with the indoor five-bar coverage required to access capacity-intensive applications that consumers want,” said Fredrik Tumegard, CEO, NEC Scandinavia. “By providing a femtocell service to its customers Network Norway is leading where we believe other mobile operators will soon follow.” • 15-2-10
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