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Sandvine Announces Interoperability With Four Partners11/18/2010 7:01:08 AM - Market Wire
Network Policy Control Enables Service Creation Opportunities for Mobile Networks
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Nov 18, 2010 (Marketwire via COMTEX News Network) --
Sandvine,(TSX:SVC)(AIM:SAND) a leading provider of intelligent broadband networksolutions for fixed and mobile operators, today announced it hascompleted interoperability testing of its Policy Traffic Switch (PTS)with Alcatel Lucent, Intracom Holdings, Redknee, and Tekelec's Policyand Charging Rules Function (PCRF) platforms. In January, Sandvine andOpenet demonstrated operability via a joint customer win. Earlier thisquarter, Sandvine had announced interoperability with BridgewaterSystems' PCRF.
Sandvine's policy enforcement capabilities,combined with these well regarded policy management platforms, areconsistent with Sandvine's support of 3GPP standards-based end-to-endsolutions for operators worldwide. The PCRF's function of provisioningthe subscriber entitlements is complemented by Sandvine's subscriber,application, location, and device awareness for fine granularity policydecisions, actions and reporting.
"According to Morgan Stanley,the demand for mobile broadband is growing steadily with over onebillion data subscribers online today," said Tom Donnelly, EVPmarketing and sales, Sandvine. "Network operators are looking forproducts and solutions that can be deployed quickly and effectively tokeep up with network demand. Pre-integrated products are easier todeploy and can reduce timelines for rolling out new and differentiatedservices."
Sandvine's network policy control solutions include:
--Scalable quota management based on subscriber entitlements usingoptimized rules-based Gx interface between Policy and ChargingEnforcement Function (PCEF) and PCRF network elements -- Fair usagepolicies that allocate network resources among subscribers usingflexible real-time policy control and advise subscribers of actualusage as policy thresholds are exceeded -- Enforcement of parentalcontrols for limiting children's Internet usage based on time-of-day,application, and duration -- Unified policies to support subscribermobility across converged fixed/mobile access networks.
"We arepleased to have successfully completed interoperability testing withthese leading vendors to better enable our mutual customers to deploy awide range of standards-compliant solutions," said Mr. Donnelly."Operators worldwide are addressing network growth with policy controlsolutions, which improve network performance and efficiency, whileensuring the highest possible subscriber experience."
Sandvine'ssolutions detect network conditions that trigger policies within thenetwork to help service providers enhance subscribers' Internetexperience. Sandvine's platforms and products provide network policycontrol solutions for unparalleled network reporting, capacityplanning, congestion management, new personalized service creation,malicious traffic mitigation and enhanced customer service.