Tekelec will provide its EAGLE 5 platform to Wataniya Telecom in Kuwait, giving the operator a central signaling solution to handle core network functions.
Wataniya Telecom, Kuwait’s second largest operator with more than 1.2 million customers, gains the ability to consolidate signaling applications to better balance, screen and control traffic and to integrate new value-added applications.
EAGLE 5 provides a single solution for multiple core networking functions such as signal transfer point (STP), signaling gateway and intelligent routing. The platform scales to meet Wataniya’s signaling system 7 (SS7) and SS7-over-Internet Protocol, or SIGTRAN, signaling needs based on subscriber growth and the increase of 3G-enabled handsets, which can often generate more signaling traffic than 2G or 2.5G devices.
Wataniya will also use Tekelec to balance traffic for SMS needs and screen and control inter-operator traffic for billing accuracy. The EAGLE 5 maximizes SMS traffic routing by analyzing signaling intelligence.
In addition to Kuwait, Wataniya Telecom operates in Algeria, Maldives, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia and is part of the QTel group.
