Oracle (News - Alert) recently announced that SaskTel, a full-service communications service provider, will use the Oracle Communications Unified Session Manager to deliver a single IMS core and help secure its network. Using Oracle’s Acme Packet (News - Alert) Unified Session Manager, SaskTel hopes to easily secure and quickly deploy its multi-service IMS network core over a single common platform, which will allow it to support advanced hosted business services.
SaskTel wanted was looking to deploy a single IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network core capable of supporting its shift to an all-IP infrastructure. The company also sought to expand its support for advanced communications solutions to its extensive wireless and wireline customer base.
In a release, Daryl Godfrey, chief technology officer, SaskTel said, “As we transition to an all-IP environment, it was important for us to consolidate our infrastructure on a common, compact IMS core to help ensure our business and residential customers receive next-generation services quickly and securely. With Oracle Communications Unified Session Manager, we can deliver trusted real-time communications services across network borders.”
As CSPs make the transition to all-IP infrastructures, they will be able to use services such as voice over LTE (News - Alert) (VoLTE) and unified communications to gain a competitive edge against traditional and over-the-top service providers. Using a multi-service IMS network core, SaskTel will be able to make the transition to these next-generation IP services while also being able to provide its business and consumer base with new and advanced wireless and wireline services and applications.
Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications said, “CSPs are focused on transitioning to IP networks to better support the next-generation communications services customers are demanding. Oracle is pleased to help SaskTel deliver an IMS core that offers the carrier-grade security, interoperability, reliability and service quality required in today’s competitive marketplace.”
The Oracle communications unified session manager helps in effectively securing communications over IP network borders; this helps in ensuring that advanced services and applications are secure and highly reliable. SaskTel will start out by using the Oracle solution to deliver its hosted businesses services to its business customers. In the later stages, it expects to deliver expanded VoLTE, advanced communications services, session initiation protocol trunking, and consumer voice services over its new network core.
Edited by Blaise McNamee