Agri-Valley Selects Bridgewater for LTE
11/18/2010 7:00 AM - Canada NewsWire
OTTAWA, Nov. 18, 2010 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) --
Home Subscriber Server and Policy Controller enable high-speed LTE broadband services
Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today announced that Agri-Valley Communications, the first operator to roll out LTE services in rural Michigan, has selected the Bridgewater® EPC 500 system for its network rollout.
News
-- Agri-Valley selected the Bridgewater EPC 500 system which
provides subscriber and device data management, policy control,
and interworking functions for the LTE Evolved Packet Core. It
includes the Bridgewater?Home Subscriber Server and Policy
Controller (PCRF) both anchored by Bridgewater's Subscriber
Data Broker("). The EPC 500 is fully compliant with LTE
specifications and features extensive, multi-vendor
interoperability.
-- It enables Agri-Valley to:
o Rapidly and cost-effectively launch LTE broadband services to
under-served areas using a fully integrated and tested EPC system
to support functions such as subscriber and service modeling,
roaming, and quality of service management;
o Reduce costs through over-the-air provisioning of subscribers,
devices, and on-demand service models; and
o Deliver innovative, personalized services to attract and retain
subscribers including nomadic and casual usage services.
-- The service provider plans to roll out LTE in all of its 40
counties in the northern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula
within the next three to five years.
Quotes
Ed Eichler, President and CEO, Agri-Valley Communications
"As a rural operator, our goal is to rapidly bring advanced LTE broadband services to under-served areas. We selected the Bridgewater EPC 500 because it is the industry's most complete integrated LTE control plane solution and it allows us to rapidly deliver nomadic broadband data services to our subscribers."
David Sharpley, Senior Vice President, Bridgewater Systems
"Agri-Valley is a first-mover in delivering high speed LTE broadband services to rural areas. Bridgewater's early success with the EPC 500, an integrated Home Subscriber Server and Policy Controller system, coupled with our deep control plane expertise is giving us significant momentum in the 4G market."
Tags / Keywords
Bridgewater Systems, Agri-Valley Communications, LTE, EPC 500, Home Subscriber Server, HSS, Policy Controller, PCRF, Evolved Packet Core
About Agri-Valley Communications, Inc.
Agri-Valley Communications, Inc., a multi-faceted communications company based in Pigeon, Michigan, is the parent company to Agri-Valley Broadband, Inc., a LTE 4G wireless broadband provider; Pigeon Telephone Company, an Independent Telephone Exchange Carrier (ILEC); Thumb Cellular, a cellular telephone and 3G internet service provider to Michigan's Thumb area; and Agri-Valley Services, Inc. (AVCI.net), a broadband internet service provider to Michigan's Thumb, Twining and Alba/Lakes of the North areas. Agri-Valley has served rural Michigan since the early 1900's, providing urban services to rural communities. www.avbi.net
Why this may be of news to Sandvine investors...in the news release between Bridgewater and Sandvine
Bridgewater and Sandvine Partner for Policy Control Solutions
9/29/2010 7:30 AM - PR Newswire
OTTAWA AND WATERLOO, CANADA, Sept 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ --
Fully interoperable solutions enable tiered and personalized services
Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, and Sandvine (TSX:SVC; AIM:SAND) a leading provider of network policy control solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today announced that the two companies have successfully completed integration and interoperability testing enabling intelligent policy control solutions for 3G and 4G mobile operators.
News Sandvine and Bridgewater have successfully completed interoperability of Sandvine's Policy Traffic Switch (PTS) which detects network conditions, counts usage and enforces network and subscriber policy decisions defined by the Bridgewater® Policy Controller (PCRF) to manage mobile data growth and deliver new services. The testing included the PCRF Gx and Gy usage metering interfaces for 3GPP-compliant Policy Control Enforcement Points.
I do not think it is too much of a leap to think that Sandvine equipment (sales) may be involved
DD