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Bridgewater Systems Emphasizes Services, Consulting Offerings Bridgewater Systems officials are now emphasizing the professional services they offer to customers. The company offers comprehensive consulting, planning, implementation, and management services for what company officials say is "every stage of network development." Company officials say Bridgewater Systems partners can extend their existing integration and support services with " a new suite of service offerings provided through the Bridgewater Professional Services team." 2.3.2011
A Beginners Guide to Policy Control: Bridgewater Systems Blog If you are a wireless subscriber, policy control is something you should be aware of whether you are a user or a subscriber, in order to ensure the easiest and most cost efficient wireless experience possible. In a recent post on Bridgewater System's blog, Mobile Gets Personal, the mobile personalization company took the time to explain what policy control is, and what solutions they can use to manage their wireless bills. 1.28.2011
Bridgewater Systems Helps WiMAX Operators Drive Mobile Personalization To capitalize on the opportunities available in mobile personalization, network operators need to partner with a proven provider that can help them to mitigate the risks inherent in capturing and managing subscriber information and help to drive the change to a different business model that supports this approach to driving revenue. Bridgewater Systems is one provider in this space that is lending considerable value. 1.21.2011
Unlimited Data Packages Not Always the Best Plan According to Bridgewater Systems official blog, one of the most effective ways to limit peer-to-peer (P2P) usage on the wireless data network is to remove the 'unlimited' tag from the service offering. There is a very real correlation between an 'all-you-can-eat' service and excessive consumption - and this appears to be hardwired into our behavior. 1.12.2011
Predictions for 2011 in Mobile Technology: More Tablets Industry observer James A. Martin, the author of Traveler 2.0, a mobile technology blog for travelers, no doubt nails it when he says as far as 2010 in mobile computing went, "the year in our collective rear-view mirror was all about the tablet." 1.10.2011
Bridgewater Systems' 2010 Mobile Personalization Year-In-Review Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company and provider of countless mobile solutions has a lot to be proud of looking back on its accomplishments in 2010. 12.28.2010
Verizon Wireless Signs Contract with Bridgewater Systems Valued at $56M Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, has signed a new four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless. Under their contract, Bridgewater will provide products and services for Verizon Wireless' network expansion. The agreement between the two companies is valued at approximately $56 million. 12.21.2010
Network Operator "Best Practices" For Effective Mobile Personalization Mobile personalization is a hot topic these days, but many network operators, while they can see the concept applying to them in theory, don't know where to begin. In order to personalize a mobile device user's experience, companies first need to know their subscribers. So it becomes a two-part problem: first you have to determine what your subscriber wants, and then you have to determine how to provide him or her with it. 12.15.2010
Bridgewater Continues LTE Momentum for Mobile Personalization Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, claimed that the Bridgewater EPC 500, a trial-ready 'control-plane-in-a-box' system for the LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC), is gaining significant market traction with partners and five major operators globally. Officials with Bridgewater Systems said that the company, building upon its multimillion dollar LTE win at MetroPCS, is providing its new EPC 500 system for LTE trials with five Tier 1 mobile operators in Asia Pacific and North and South America. 12.7.2010
Mobile Personalization: ChannelNet Launches Mobile Financial for On-the-Go Banking ChannelNet, a provider of solutions in multi-channel customer engagement, has launched Mobile Financial to serve the growing number of financial services organizations that seek to better serve customers on the go, benefiting mobile personalization. 12.2.2010
Agri-Valley Selects Bridgewater for LTE 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. 11.22.2010
Bridgewater Systems to Showcase Mobile Personalization at Broadband Traffic Management Bridgewater Systems will be showcasing its mobile personalization policies at the Broadband Traffic Management Congress this week at London's Grand Connaught Rooms, November 16- 18, 2010. 11.16.2010
Bridgewater Systems Reports Financial Results for Q3 2010 Bridgewater Systems, mobile personalization company, has announced financial results for the months ending September 30, 2010. The results reported that Bridgewater Systems brought in revenue of $23.9 million for Q3 2010, an increase of 52 percent from last year totaling $15.8 million for Q3 2009. 11.10.2010
Bridgewater's Solution to FCC Bill Shock Bridgewater Systems has a policy-based bill shock solution available for service providers. The solution, launched in June 2009, is the myPolicy client application for mobile devices. myPolicy Broker communicates requests and retrieves the appropriate information for the subscriber; and the Bridgewater® Policy Controller "PCRF" applies real-time network, application and subscriber rules such as updating usage information, providing subscriber context, and enforcing limits. 11.1.2010
Bridgewater Supports the First WiMAX Deployment in Nicaragua . 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" service in Nicaragua. 10.25.2010
MetroPCS Goes Live with Bridgewater for 4G LTE at 4G World MetroPCS Communications Inc. has launched the Bridgewater Home Subscriber Server (HSS) and Policy Controller (PCRF) to deliver 4G LTE services. The announcement was made today at 4G World, a next-generation technology conference, held this week, October 18-21, in Chicago. 10.18.2010
Cellcom Announces Selecting Bridgewater for LTE and Femtocells at 4G World Cellcom, a provider of communications services throughout Wisconsin and Michigan, has selected the Bridgewater EPC 500 system to deliver IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) femtocell services and for its LTE network rollout. This announcement was made today at 4G World, a next-generation technology conference, held this week, October 18-21, in Chicago. 10.18.2010
The Three P's of Operator Use Cases There are three Ps in operator use cases that should be considered: policy, personalization and profitability. Why? Operators throughout the globe are trying to manage the complexities of the tiered growth in mobile devices, applications and traffic and until know, a key focus has been on implementing fair use policies. 10.14.2010
Smartphone Subscribers Now outnumber Mobile Browser and Application Users in U.S. Smartphone application users in United States now outnumber mobile apps users, says a latest report from digital market analyst firm comScore. The study, according to comScore, found that the number of Smartphone users accessing mobile content through browsers and applications now surpasses that of Non-smartphone users. 10.4.2010
DCS Enhances CardWizard Perso-to-Go Instant Issue Mobile Payments Platform Dynamic Card Solutions "DCS", a provider of instant issuance and PIN selection solutions for banks, credit unions and retailers that issue magnetic strip, EMV and contactless cards, has expanded the capabilities of its mobile payments personalization platform--CardWizard Perso-to-Go--to support personalization of near-field communication "NFC" Micro SD cards. 10.1.2010
Bridgewater, Sandvine Announce Integration, Interoperability for 3G, 4G Mobile Mobile personalization company Bridgewater Systems and Sandvine, which sells network policy control products for fixed and mobile operators, have announced integration and interoperability testing enabling intelligent policy control tools for 3G and 4G mobile operators. 9.30.2010
Mobile Personalization Provider Bridgewater Systems' Sets Benchmark for 3G and 4G Control Plane Over the last few years, telecommunication companies have introduced a number of innovative products and services that have improved the consumer experience and revolutionized the way that people communicate with each other. However, the expansion of this market has forced operators to create 3G and LTE mobile networks that are capable of responding to the exponential growth of mobile data traffic and the ever-increasing use of smartphones. 9.15.2010
Mobile Broadband Network Coverage Expands, But Faces Challenges Limited DSL and Cable Modem coverage in several countries, and fast adoption of mobile broadband services were reasons cited for the tremendous growth. 9.10.2010
Mobile Personalization: Bridgewater Notes Downside of Mobile Broadband Success, Offers Help This traffic boom is being driven by the popularity of smartphones and laptop data cards, say officials of Bridgewater Systems, citing an increase in the use of applications such as mobile Internet browsing and video, and unlimited and flat-rate data plans. 8.31.2010
Content and Apps to Account for 69 Percent of Mobile Revenues by 2013, Execs Say Mobile service provider executives surveyed in 55 countries believe application download revenues will eclipse voice revenues by 2013, according to Freshfields Bruckhouse Derringer. Those survey results are stunning. 8.23.2010
Officials Talk Up WiMAX for India Hey, they're honest about it: The "lackluster performance" of India's broadband market means changes need to take place. 8.16.2010
Sybase, SAP Partners Launch Innovative Mobile Personalization Apps for Enterprise Users Sybase, Inc., an SAP company and major player in enterprise and mobile software, recently announced that partners around the world are successfully launching mobile applications on the Sybase Unwired Platform. 8.10.2010
ABI Research Says, 3.8 Billion Handsets Will Have Mobile Browsers by 2015 A new study from ABI Research says that by the year 2015, 3.8 billion mobile handsets, a little more than 60 percent of the installed base of mobile handsets worldwide, are expected to contain mobile web browsers. Which means that today's penetration rate would be doubled. 8.9.2010
Mobile Personalization Provider Bridgewater Systems Releases Strong Financial Results, Healthy Outlook Financial results have been announced by Bridgewater Systems, a provider of mobile personalization services. The results cover the three and six months ended June 30, 2010. Highlights included increases in revenue, gross margin and net earnings. 8.3.2010
Bridgewater Systems' Mobile Personalization Solutions Now Support Cisco Unified Computing System Mobile personalization company Bridgewater Systems has announced the availability of the Bridgewater Policy Controller and Home Subscriber Server on the Cisco Unified Computing System. 7.28.2010
Shipments of 802.11n Devices Grow by 85 Percent in Q1 2010: Report According to a latest research conducted by In-Stat, titled "1Q10 Wireless LAN Tracker," although unit shipments in Q1-2010 for the Worldwide WLAN market decreased by 9.4 percent quarter-over-quarter, the market has witnessed a substantial increase by 4.8 percent year-over-year. 7.22.2010
Mobile Personalization Provider Bridgewater Systems to Release Q2 Results on July 29 Mobile personalization provider Bridgewater Systems announced plans to release its 2010 second quarter results on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. ET. 7.14.2010
Organizations Need to Utilize Enterprise IM Communications: Report In a world where mobile workforce communications have become a cornerstone of business, there are still only a few corporations that look beyond e-mail, voice and SMS. 7.8.2010
Bridgewater Systems Joins Cisco Developer Network Bridgewater Systems announced it has joined the Cisco Developer Network as a preferred solution developer within the mobile packet core technology category. 6.28.2010
Smartphone Shipments in the First Quarter of 2010 Top 55 Million According to the latest data from ABI Research, more than 55 million smartphones shipped during the first quarter of 2010. The world's smartphone markets continued to build on their strong Q4-2009 performance in the first three months of 2010. 6.24.2010
Cymphonix, D-Link Deliver Content for Visitor-Based Networks and Hospitality Secure Web Gateway specialist Cymphonix has announced a new collaboration with D-Link, a connectivity enterprise business-networking authority. 6.24.2010
App Store Downloads to See Slow Decline After 2013: ABI Research Downloads of mobile applications from "app stores" after peaking in 2012-2013 are expected to see a slow decline in numbers, said ABI Research in a new study. 6.18.2010
Sharing the Load: Alleviating Network Congestion and Improving the Mobile Experience Through Data Offload The mobile data industry has evolved rapidly over the past two years, with growing 3G penetration, lower-cost smartphones and USB laptop dongles contributing to growth in data traversing operator networks. This has resulted in congested networks in many urban centers where often 80 percent of data traffic is managed by just 10 percent of cell sites. The result: dropped data sessions, slow network speeds and pent up subscriber frustration. 6.10.2010
Bridgewater Systems Brings Mobile Personalization Technology to Key Events Mobile personalization services provider Bridgewater Systems will be attending CommunicAsia 2010, where the theme is "Managing Mobile Data Growth." The show runs from June 15-18 in Singapore. 6.4.2010
Bridgewater Systems to Participate in 'Monetizing Mobile' Panel at Upcoming Conference Bridgewater Systems, a developer of mobile personalization services, has announced that Ed Ogonek, president and CEO, will participate in a panel discussion called "Monetizing Mobile" at the RBC Capital Markets 2010 Technology, Media & Communications Conference in New York, to be held June 9 at 4 p.m. 6.3.2010
Network Congestion Woes? How Offloading Alleviates Panic As networks experience exponential growth in data traffic, various traffic-offload scenarios are emerging. How does a service provider map out a strategy? A new whitepaper published by Bridgewater Systems is full of ideas. Read on. 6.1.2010
Data Offload Becoming More Important for Mobile Service Providers More than 50 percent of mobile data sessions originate indoors, say researchers at the Yankee Group. And since 40 percent to 60 percent of mobile operator operational expense is attributable to backhaul transmission costs, Jennifer Pigg, Yankee Group analyst, expects data offload solutions, ranging from femtocells to Wi-Fi, to be a growing area of interest. 5.28.2010
BroadHop's Mobile Policy Technology Targets Eager-to-Please SPs That's why BroadHop Inc., a company that makes policy management and control solutions for service providers, unveiled a number of solutions for service providers at TM Forum's Management World tradeshow and conference in Nice, France, May 19-21, to do just that. 5.25.2010
Bridgewater Systems Opens Center of Excellence Near Delhi, India Bridgewater Systems, a mobile personalization services provider, has opened a new "Center of Excellence" in collaboration with Wesley Clover in Gurgaon, near Delhi, India. 5.18.2010
FCC's 'Bill Shock' Initiative Aims to Help Consumers Save Money and Grief: Mobile Personalization Report If you've ever seen had your "rollover" minutes mysteriously yanked, or unknowingly racked up hundreds of dollars in overage fees for sending too many texts, chances are you freaked out. 5.13.2010
Bridgewater Leads Cable Show Session: 'On-Loading Subscribers from Congested Networks to WiFi' In dealing with the skyrocketing demand for mobile data services, service providers across the globe have sought new ways to bring attractive services to their subscriber bases. 5.5.2010
BridgewaterSystems Reports CAD24.5 Million Revenue for Q1 2010 The company reported revenue of CAD 24.5 million for Q1 2010, an increase of 74 percent over A1 2009. Product revenue for Q1 2010 was CAD18.9 million, an increase of 76 percent over the previous year. 4.29.2010
Chinese Involvement Bumps LTE Market, $11 Billion by 2014 Market research firm Infonetics Research has released its LTE Infrastructure and Subscribers market size and forecast report, which tracks Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network macrocells (a.k.a. enhanced NodeBs), evolved packet core infrastructure and Long Term Evolution subscribers. 4.21.2010
Bridgewater Systems' CEO to Participate in a Panel Discussion at a Technology Conference Mobile personalization company Bridgewater Systems has announced that the company's president and CEO Ed Ogonek will be participating in a panel discussion at the TD Newcrest Telecom & Technology Conference. 4.14.2010
Networks to Pay the Price for iPad's Popularity? Not if Mobile Personalization Policies are Intact Barely out for a few days, Apple's iPad has found its way into the hands of 300,000 users, eager to use their tablets for book-reading, Internet surfing and simply looking cool. 4.7.2010
NextGen Innovation Labs Debuts Mobile Operator Suite NextGen Innovation Labs, a spinoff of United Commtel, has announced Mobi-Xperience QoS, described by company officials as a suite to "give mobile operators as well as handset and network equipment OEMs insights into the customer experience." 4.1.2010
Mobile Personalization News: Bridgewater Given Top Honors in Policy Market Report Bridgewater Systems, a provider of mobile personalization services for operators, was named the top 2009 policy server market leader by Infonetics Research in its April 2010 report "Policy Servers Biannual Worldwide and Regional Market Size, Share and Forecasts." 3.25.2010
Update: Bridgewater Systems Comments on Trading Activity Mobile personalization provider Bridgewater Systems commented on trading activity in the company's shares earlier this week. 3.24.2010
Bridgewater Showcases LTE Control Plane Interoperability at Global MSF Event Bridgewater Systems, a mobile personalization services provider, is participating in the Global MultiService Forum (MSF) interoperability testing event over the next two weeks at Vodafone's Centre for Test and Innovation in Dusseldorf and the China Mobile Research Institute Lab in Beijing. 3.15.2010
Mobily to Use Bridgewater Solution Across WiMAX and WiFi Networks To keep with telecom trends, Mobily, one of the premium mobile operators in the world, forged a partnership with Bridgewater Systems, a mobile personalization services provider, to manage its smart networks, applications and subscriber policies across the Middle East. 3.8.2010
Bluestreak Technology and Cellfish Media Unveil Fun Mobile Phone Personalization Services Bluestreak Technology Inc., a provider of open Flash platforms for wireless and wired devices, in association with Cellfish Media, a publisher and distributor of mobile content, has launched a suite of fun, new personalization services for mobile phones that use dynamic animated characters, to alert the device owner to changes in phone status, such as battery power and network reception. 3.3.2010
European Operator Picks Bridgewater Policy Controller for its HSPA Network Lucky for Europeans, mobile personalization provider Bridgewater Systems today announced that a European property of a major global mobile operator group selected the Bridgewater Policy Controller to meet new European Union mobile data roaming legislation. 3.1.2010
CSL Selects Amdocs Solution to Launch MyNet CSL Limited (CSL), Hong Kong's mobile operator, has selected Amdocs ChangingWorlds solution to support its new mobile Internet service, MyNet. Officials with Amdocs said that the company's ChangingWorlds solution supports MyNet by learning from the user's behavior and usage patterns to build a customer profile. 2.26.2010
Bridewater Systems Report: Revenues for FY 2009 up 51 Percent On the same day mobile personalization company Bridgewater Systems announced its founder and CTO Russ Freen would be stepping down from his "chief" position, the company reported strong financial results - including revenues of $66.7 million for fiscal year 2009, an increase of 51 percent over the prior year. 2.26.2010
Bridgewater CTO, Founder to Step Down Bridgewater Systems announced that Chief Technology Officer and Founder Russ Freen will be stepping down from the CTO position effective March 31, but will continue to serve as a director of the company. 2.26.2010
Mobile Personalization Report: Global Wireless Industry Replacing 2G Technology with 3G The global wireless industry is rapidly replacing 2G technology with 3G to integrate new features and improve data transmission speed, according to a new report published by RNCOS, entitled "3G Market Forecast to 2013." 2.25.2010
Bridgewater EPC 500 Gaining Significant Market Traction Mobile personalization company Bridgewater Systems announced that the Bridgewater EPC 500, an integrated LTE system, is gaining significant market traction with partners and five major operators globally. 2.16.2010
Bridgewater Unveils RAN Congestion Module at Mobile World Congress Bridgewater Systems today announced a new Radio Access Network (RAN) congestion solution that extends the Bridgewater Policy Controller with a new RAN Congestion module. 2.15.2010
Bridgewater Announces Mobile Data Offload Product Suite at Mobile World Congress Bridgewater Systems today announced that four Tier 1 operators in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific are offloading 3G data traffic to WiFi hotspots and femtocells using Bridgewater's new mobile data offload products. 2.15.2010
Mobile Personalization Report: Research Shows How Operators Can Curb Mobile Data Costs Bridgewater Systems today announced the publication of new research into the mobile data surge that could save mobile operators up to 60 percent per year. 2.8.2010
Bridgewater Systems Launches Mobile Personalization Channel on TMCnet Ottawa, Canada - February 8, 2010 - Technology Marketing Corporation today announced that the Mobile Personalization channel, sponsored by Bridgewater Systems, has been launched as the newest addition to the TMCnet channel program. 2.8.2010
Keeping up with Mobile Data Growth Proves Challenging for Service Providers The growth of 3G and (soon!) 4G mobile data applications, from video to voice over IP, is great news for stakeholders and investors. But what about the service providers who lose out on the big bucks while these intensive applications are taking up space on their networks? 2.8.2010
Mobile Personalization Report: Bridgewater Adds Policy Control Enhancements to HSPA and LTE Networks As high-bandwidth data services proliferate, delivering personalized mobile experiences will become more important to operators that want a bigger slice of consumer-usage revenues. 2.8.2010
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