SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- mobilkom austria, the country’s leading mobile operator, announced today it has chosen Azaire Networks and Kapsch CarrierCom to provide mobilkom austria with the industry’s first fully integrated Wi-Fi/Cellular platform. Azaire’s Converged Network Platform will enable mobilkom austria users to have seamless service access across multiple technologies including GPRS, UMTS and Wi-Fi. Kapsch, the leading system innovator in the implementation and servicing of network operator systems, will install the Platform and provide support services.
Azaire’s Converged Network Platform solution will provide mobilkom austria with a fully integrated WLAN solution that leverages mobilkom austria’s GPRS and UMTS core network investments of subscriber management, traffic management, IP services, customer care systems and billing systems. mobilkom austria will be able to provide its subscribers with multiple methods for authentication and authorization including SIM, SMS and credit card as well as integrated accounting and billing. Users/subscribers can now have access to their information regardless of technologies (GPRS, GSM, Wi-Fi and UMTS), all through their existing mobilkom austria accounts.
mobilkom austria is the first European mobile network operator to launch commercially fully integrated Wi-Fi/Cellular services. One of the first installations of mobilkom austria’s new service is at McDonald’s restaurant locations throughout Austria.
“After a careful analysis of all competitive offerings, we chose Azaire’s Converged Network Platform for the unique advantages it provides fixed and mobile operators such as mobilkom austria, including its comprehensive feature set, ease of use for subscribers and fast, non-intrusive deployment into our existing network,” said Hannes Ametsreiter, Chief Marketing Officer of mobilkom austria. “We selected Kapsch as the implementer of Azaire’s solution based on their reputation as a system innovator and their success in other projects with mobilkom austria.”
“Mobile operators are embracing unlicensed spectrum technologies, such as Wi-Fi, to enhance and protect their investments in GPRS and 3G. They need these networks to fit seamlessly with their cellular services in how they appear to the end user and how they are managed and delivered,” said Peter Kingsland, wireless analyst with BWCS, a leading telecommunications and IT consulting group based in the U.K. “Companies like Azaire Networks offer them the flexibility to accommodate the widest range of hotspot partners at the back end, while maintaining a simple, standardized experience for subscribers at the front end.”
“mobilkom austria’s deployment of Azaire’s Converged Network Platform will enable the company to leverage its existing 2.5/3G core network investment, immediately offer a full set of services to its customers as well as quickly make available new services as they are developed,” said Bill Howe, President and Chief Executive Officer of Azaire Networks. “Kapsch’s expertise in implementation and leadership as a technology and solutions innovator will help ensure the Azaire/Kapsch combination is the best solution for mobilkom austria.”
“As system innovator we always try to provide the best and most future oriented solution for our customer. With Azaire’s Converged Network Platform we are convinced we will deliver the solution that fulfills mobilkom austria`s needs,” said Richard Neussl, Key Account Manager, Kapsch CarrierCom.
Azaire Networks Inc.
Mobilkom Austria AG & Co. KG