AMSTERDAM -- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, and The Netherlands B.V/ KPN MOBILE N.V. (“KPN Mobile”), today announced that Huawei’s circuit and packet switched network equipment has been successfully introduced into KPN Mobile’s network.

Huawei’s mobile softswitch product was selected to expand the capacity of the core network in the Circuit Switched (CS) domain, while adhering to KPN Mobile’s stringent requirements. It is a key part of KPN Mobile’s strategy is to deliver service to customers through shared radio and core network infrastructure. This is the first commercial deployment of all-IP mobile softswitch network architecture in Europe.

In the Packet Switched (PS) domain, Huawei’s high-capacity 2G/3G SGSN is currently carrying KPN Mobile’s 2G PS traffic, and 3G traffic will be migrated to this equipment in the next few months. Huawei’s Gateway GPRS Support Nodes (GGSN) will also be introduced into KPN Mobile’s network in the next few months. The deployment of Huawei’s PS equipment will provide KPN with an advanced, high-capacity network onto which next generation IP based services can be deployed with greater flexibility.

“We are very happy that the project to replace KPN Mobiles core network with the future proof Huawei core network is well on track. Huawei has shown their ability to supply European tier one operators and deliver in time a network with outstanding QoS performance that will benefit KPN and Telfort’s end customers. We are very pleased to see that the KPN Mobile network is now ready for the future, mainly based on the efficient IP protocol.”said Sietse Sijperda, CTO of KPN Mobile.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.