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Utiba, a leading global supplier of mobile commerce platforms for mobile operators and financial institutions, today announced its association with MyWay IPTV for its electronic top-up solution.
This association highlights the capability of utilizing a retail presence enabled by electronic media to distribute or collect payment for an electronic commodity and marks the beginning of an interesting trend in the country.
Smart Digivision have entered into long term contract with BSNL and MTNL under the brand name MyWay IPTV to provide interactive video services to customers in 54 large cities across India.
Speaking on the Occasion, Kapil Dev Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, MyWay IPTV said “At MyWay IPTV it is our constant endeavor to provide quality services to our customers. Association with Utiba enables us to provide our customers easy recharge option so that they can enjoy hassle-free, seamless service. We chose Utiba because they have extensive domain knowledge, superior technology and a focused attitude towards mobile financial transaction domain.”
Justin Ho, Co-CEO, Utiba said “With our association with MyWay IPTV we have taken Electronic top up beyond the telecom infrastructure. This has actually initiated an interesting trend in India where services of providers other than MNOs are paid through pre-funded wallets of the retail chain and the same logic can be extended to a host of other services like utility payments, ticketing etc. We have witnessed success for this model with some of our installations in other countries. This is one step short of the customer eventually using his own wallet to make such transactions. We are very excited about the prospects of these services picking up in India and wish great success to this venture and would like to thank MyWay IPTV to have offered us this opportunity to work with them.” • 17-2-10
MyWay IPTV is the service brand of Smart TV Group, consisting of Smart Digivision Pvt Ltd and Smart Broadband Services Pvt Ltd. Founded in 2007, MyWay IPTV Service is offered to customers of BSNL and MTNL, India’s leading fixedline telecom service providers, through their broadband network under long-term contracts. MyWay IPTV is available in 54 large cities across India, which account for approximately 50% of the urban population, giving MyWay IPTV the largest coverage footprint for IPTV services. • Utiba was founded in 2001 with the objective of creating true mobile commerce ecosystems, where users should be able to remit amounts to anyone anywhere in the world, knowing only their mobile phone number. Utiba products are focused around providing mobile transaction and payment solutions to: - Banks - Mobile Operators - Micro Finance Institutions - Payment Service Providers. Utiba’s products are successfully deployed across 4 different continents with more than 15 customers including banks and MNOs.
Mobile World Congress 2010 – 15-18 Feb 2010
InfoStretch’s participation this year focuses on its partnership with Perfecto Mobile to bring a unique technology in US and APAC after great success in Europe. InfoStretch Perfecto Mobile Cloud Testing accelerates launch and adoption of mobile handsets and services. The solution is widely used by wireless carriers and handset vendors to assure mobile user experience quality.
It incorporates patented automation technologies as well as remote access mechanism, thus enabling significant reduction in time to market and in operational costs required for deployment of mobile services.
InfoStretch is a visionary leader in mobile testing and certification space. It is leveraging its participation in Mobile World Congress to showcase its complete suite of mobile solutions for the leading and growing organizations across the world.
InfoStretch offers end-to-end cost effective world-class solutions to accelerate mobile success. We would love to discuss our following innovative high quality solutions at MWC:
1. App Development – Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, Symbian, Maemo, J2ME
2. App Testing
3. Handset Testing
4. Test Automation
5. Localization
6. Porting
7. App Store Store Strategy & Aggregation
8. Carrier Certification
Carriers, OEMs, Mobile Development Companies and Mobile VAS Companies can visit their booth at Mobile World Congress and see the future of testing and mobile development solutions. InfoStretch will be demonstrating its latest mobile testing and certification solutions in Booth 7A58 (App Planet). • Feb 2010
EAGLE XG SIP Signaling Router Meets Complexity, Scalability and Flexibility Requirements
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), the world’s seventh largest telecommunications company, has selected Tekelec to provide mobile number portability and session initiation protocol (SIP) routing. BSNL will implement Tekelec’s number portability solution for signaling system 7 (SS7) and SIP-based networks, supporting the operator’s multi-vendor network environment.
The deal extends Tekelec’s relationship with BSNL, which has more than 55 million mobile subscribers and 35 million fixed-line subscribers. The service provider will add SS7 number portability to the EAGLE® 5 signaling platform, which BSNL had previously deployed for Tekelec’s signal transfer point (STP) advanced routing application.
BSNL also selected Tekelec’s SIP Signaling Router (SSR), an application residing on the EAGLE® XG IP signaling platform, for number portability for next-generation network customers. The EAGLE XG extends the capabilities of the EAGLE 5, providing a natural evolution to manage and help solve the routing and interoperability issues that occur as networks transition to 3G and long term evolution (LTE). In addition to the SSR, the EAGLE XG platform supports other applications including: Service Broker to blend intelligent network (IN) services with new next-generation applications; Home Location Register (HLR) Router; and Electronic Number Mapping (ENUM) Server.
BSNL selected Tekelec’s solutions through ITI Ltd., an Indian telecommunications manufacturer offering switching, transmission, access and mobile equipment.
Tekelec had 97 number portability customers – including eight in India – in 33 countries at the end of 2009. Tekelec has won eight out of the ten number portability bids in India it has entered. The company also has the largest market share for real-time connection number portability solutions, according to the Number Portability Research Note published by Analysys Mason. Tekelec deployed the first integrated number portability solution in 1997 with Bell Atlantic (now Verizon).
Tekelec’s number portability solution supports number portability for voice, short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS) and pre-paid calls, and covers GSM, CDMA, fixed networks, and cable, as well as intra-carrier number retention.
The SSR provides a unified SIP signaling layer across BSNL’s disparate network technologies and equipment. This approach prepares BSNL’s network for future growth by establishing a next-generation network signaling and session control layer. In addition to number portability, BSNL is now equipped to add new network technology and offer multimedia services as subscribers’ needs evolve.
“Tekelec has extensive experience with complex number portability deployments for both mobile and fixed-line networks,” said Mark Main, senior analyst at industry research and consultancy firm Analysys Mason. “SIP routing also provides operators with the ability to scale networks efficiently, a critically important issue in fast-growing markets like India, which add millions of new subscribers each month.”
Nine Tier 1 operators have ordered the EAGLE XG through fourth quarter 2009 and seven of the nine have purchased the SSR application. The EAGLE XG SSR offloads signaling and session routing functions from softswitches, reducing network complexity and enabling operators to expand and evolve their network while introducing new services. Built to support both Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards, the SSR enables multimedia services over broadband access such as LTE and WiMAX.
“The SIP Signaling Router addresses service providers’ needs to cut costs while growing their networks, and also lays the foundation for future evolution,” said Ron de Lange, executive vice president at Tekelec. “BSNL is at the forefront of network innovation and customer service by solving multiple network needs with a cost-effective single product.” • 16-2-10
Tekelec, a global leader in core multimedia session control, mobile messaging and network intelligence, ensures scalable, secure and highly available communications.
Buzzinbees announced an agreement with HP to ensure that signaling software from HP will continue to be enhanced and available to the world’s telecom service providers.
Under the agreement, which went into effect Dec. 1, 2009, HP is licensing its signaling technologies to Buzzinbees, which commits to enhance and evolve the software assets. HP will source its signaling needs from Buzzinbees and continue to sell signaling solutions to customers under the HP brand. Buzzinbees will support HP sales as well as its own sales.
Signaling software manages the network connection between two callers and provides the foundation for a wide range of value-added services in many wired and wireless networks. HP signaling software has been used by service providers since 1988.
“Buzzinbees has a wealth of experience and expertise in SS7, IMS and SIP technologies, and is committed to keeping customers on the leading edge,” said Jean-Rene Bouvier, chief executive officer, Buzzinbees.
“Service providers will enjoy the best of both worlds: advanced signaling technologies from a focused team at Buzzinbees, and the confidence of buying from HP,” said Ottavio Carparelli, director, Communications and Media Solutions, HP. “HP will continue to enrich its portfolios for service providers, HP NGOSS, HP RealTime BSS, HP Digital Media, and HP Service Delivery Infrastructure/Applications.”
“Buzzinbees will evolve this critical technology and ensure that it meets the needs of customers all over the globe,” Bouvier added. • Feb 2010
Telecommunication operators and equipment providers worldwide have used HP carrier grade signaling since 1988, and Buzzinbees enhances and evolves this technology through a strategic licensing agreement with HP’s Communications & Media Solutions business. The Buzzinbees portfolio encompasses network elements and solutions built atop a comprehensive suite of signaling products providing a complete development platform based on the global telecommunication standards and protocols that power today's and tomorrow's networks.
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