SmarTone Uses BridgewaterSmarTone Uses Bridgewater

BARCELONA -- Bridgewater Systems, a leadingdeveloper of subscriber-centric policy management software for IP-basedservices, today announced that SmarTone-Vodafone has selected Bridgewater toprovide a comprehensive policy management solution that will help the HongKong-based service provider optimize its mobile services and revenue streams.By deploying the Bridgewater Systems Dynamic Broadband Manager and AAA ServiceController, SmarTone-Vodafone can target specific subscriber segments anddifferentiate their services, manage and control network resources in realtime and improve the overall subscriber network experience.

To meet the needs of its one million plus subscriber base,SmarTone-Vodafone is planning a number of service initiatives. By implementingDynamic Broadband Manager, SmarTone-Vodafone can manage network policies inreal time over its High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network on aper-subscriber, per-session basis. This solution also allows SmarTone-Vodafoneto create customized service tiers, and limit bandwidth consumption byapplications such as peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic, or by subscriber based ontime and other controls.

Bridgewater Systems Corp. (Toronto: BWC)

SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong: 0315)