DUBLIN, IRELAND — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — , a global leader of high performance transaction management software for network operators, today announced a tier one U.S. mobile operator has selected for signaling optimization, resulting in projected savings of more than $45 million over three years.
Network signaling has become a problem for operators because many popular smartphone apps are “chatty,” and require constant queries of the network for updates. Uncontrolled, “chatty” app signaling can reduce network availability, exhaust the DHCP IP address pool, reduce AAA capacity and impact device battery life.
Optimizing signaling enables operators to control infrastructure costs associated with serving “chatty” apps. Subscribers benefit as well, with no noticeable change to the app-s functionality, improved network performance and up to 50 percent increase of mobile device battery life.
The signaling control solution works by using Openet Interaction Gateway to coordinate communication between the operator-s Policy and Charging Control (PCC) systems and a specialized Interaction Agent that provides on-device signaling management.
“Operators worldwide are desperate to manage the impact made by increased signaling activity,” said Openet chief technical officer Joe Hogan. “Openet Interaction Gateway extends PCC functionality to the device — the true network edge — improving customer experience and optimizing network infrastructure.”
Interaction Gateway is also the platform for Openet-s Subscriber Engagement solution, which provides a channel for rich interaction between operators and subscribers. Within this solution, Interaction Gateway coordinates communication between PCC infrastructure and a subscriber-facing App for real-time access to customer account data (usage, spend and remaining balances), as well as to information regarding available services.
Openet is a global leader of high performance transaction management software, providing insight, monetization, and control within the world-s largest and most complex networks. Used by more than 80 customers in 28 countries, Openet enables its customers to innovate business models related to how people, machines, and services interact with their network. For more information, please visit .
Andrea Kavanagh
Openet
(917) 232-2645
Jena Rossi
SHIFT Communications
(617) 779-1878
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