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Mobile Personalization - Bridgewater Supports the First WiMAX Deployment in Nicaragua .

 

October 25, 2010

By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor

 

Bridgewater Systems, a mobile personalization company, announced that Russian wireless broadband Internet provider Yota has selected Bridgewater Service Controller (AAA) to support the rollout of that company’s national Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access or “WiMAX (News - Alert)” service in Nicaragua.

The new 4G WiMAX network enables the company to deliver innovative, personalized services and high speed mobile Internet for consumers and enterprises using the “Yota Jingle” USB 4G modem, company officials noted.

Launched in July 1, Yota network is the first wireless network in Nicaragua that offers 4G mobile Internet services, according to Yota officials. The service is available in the capital city of Managua immediately.The company has plans to expand the 4G network to León, Granada and Masaya this year.

 “We selected Bridgewater Systems (News - Alert) because of their proven product capability and market leadership in service and access control,” said Alexey Fedchenko, general manager, Yota de Nicaragua, in a statement.

“As a long-term partner in our WiMAX network deployments, Bridgewater has unrivalled experience in supporting the rollout of 4G services as we expand throughout Latin America,” Fedchenko added.

Yota has been a Bridgewater customer in Russia since 2008. The company is also planning to deploy the Bridgewater Service Controller to support the launch of WiMAX services in Peru in 2010, according to company sources.

Anchored by Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker, Bridgewater Service Controller is an open, standards-based product designed to securely authorize and authenticate subscribers and provide critical accounting functions.

The solution accelerates fixed and mobile WiMAX deployments. It rapidly scales mobile data services to millions of subscribers and manages billions of mobile data transactions.

Bridgewater Service Controller also enables provisioning of new streaming media, mobile office and location-based services. These services can be modified and personalized using a unified, real-time subscriber data management solution.

The unified subscriber data delivered by Bridgewater Service Controller also helps clients reduce operating costs and enables the provisioning of new subscribers and services without custom integration.

The solution has been deployed with over 150 service providers globally to enable 3G and 4G mobile data services, according to Bridgewater officials. They also claimed that the solution offers extensive WiMAX functionality, including lawful intercept, over-the-air device provisioning, and support for a variety of business models.

“Yota’s decision to deploy the Bridgewater Service Controller in Nicaragua is validation of our 4G leadership, with more than 60 WiMAX operators deploying our solutions worldwide to deliver personalized mobile broadband services,” said David Sharpley (News - Alert), senior vice president, Bridgewater Systems, in a statement.

“Yota is an innovative 4G operator that will benefit from the rapid and cost effective deployment of mobile broadband to consumers and businesses in Nicaragua and across Latin America,” Sharpley added.

Bridgewater Systems announced it is exhibiting its products at Futurecom, booth A50, October 25th – 28th, 2010 at Transamerica (News - Alert) Expo Center, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Recently Bridgewater Systems announced that MetroPCS Communications has launched the Bridgewater Home Subscriber Server or “HSS” and Policy Controller or “PCRF” to deliver 4G Long Term Evolution or “LTE (News - Alert)” services, TMCnet reported.


Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani's articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Stefanie Mosca

 

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