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November 21, 2014

Taqua's Virtual Mobile Core Completes over Two Billion IMS-based Mobile Voice Calls

Taqua is a provider of fixed and mobile converged switching, gateway, media processing and backhaul solutions. When it was founded in 1998, the company’s goal was to develop next generation telecommunications solutions that would economically deliver advanced communications capabilities. Since that time, the company has been transitioning into what can be considered the networks of the future.

Taqua supplies VoIP, 3G, Wi-Fi, 4G-VoLTE and Wireless Backhaul technology. Taqua enables service providers to deliver next generation IP-based communications while pragmatically transitioning their legacy networks to LTE and IMS architectures.

Earlier this year, Taqua who had been working with Kineto Wireless to provide voice-over-Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) for Sprint, acquired the company. Kineto Wireless’ Smart Wi-Fi Android client powers Wi-Fi calling over a user's home or office network by tapping into Taqua's Virtual Mobile Core (VMC) to determine the strongest signal and connect to either the Wi-Fi or cellular network. Taqua’s VMC is a 4G mobile service core that enables rapid deployment of next generation mobile voice and messaging services including VoWiFi, VoLTE and Small Cells.

This week, Taqua announced that it has reached a milestone for mobile calls processed by an IMS core network. That milestone is that the mark of two billion IMS-based mobile voice calls was surpassed. VMC operates within an IMS network as an integrated set of standard Application Servers including a Telephony Application Server (TAS), IP Short Message Gateway (IP-SM-GW), as well as a Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC-AS). The increasing number of Wi-Fi calls has allowed Taqua’s VMC to recently process its two billionth call within a commercial IMS network.

John Hoadley, who is Taqua’s wireless chief technology officer, made the following comments, “Two billion mobile calls over IMS is certainly a significant milestone for our Virtual Mobile Core. For mobile operators, it’s also important to note that the VMC is a versatile, reliable platform that can interwork within any multivendor IMS network. Consistent, high quality mobile services have to be top of mind as carriers augment and work to evolve their traditional circuit switched voice and messaging services.”

VMC is a carrier-grade software product providing a number of 3GPP standard functions, including the following:

  • Telephony Application Server (TAS): The VMC’s GSMA IR.92/IR.94 compliant TAS function also supports integrated MSC/VLR and IM-SSF capabilities enabling deployment within existing 2G/3G CS networks, including feature parity.
  • IP Short Message Gateway (IP-SM-GW): The VMC’s IP-SM-GW function enables SMS delivery over IP networks, including service continuity on LTE and Wi-Fi without requiring any changes in 2G/3G systems including existing SMSCs.
  • Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC-AS): The VMC’s SCC-AS function bridges Circuit-Switched (CS) and Packet-Switched (PS) environments to enable seamless voice communications across disparate networks.
  • Media Resource Function (MRF): The VMC’s MRF function provides efficient processing and management of media streams for announcements, tones, conferencing and more.



Edited by Maurice Nagle


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