Current Analysis Gives Five-Star Rating to Tekelec Policy Server

By Raju Shanbhag, TMCnet Contributor

The industry analyst firm Current Analysis has given an unprecedented five-star rating in the policy and charging rules function (PCRF) product review category to Tekelec (News - Alert) Policy Server, the company has announced.

With differentiated service offerings, simplified pricing plans and traffic management options, the Policy Server gives service providers a way to generate new revenue and to lower their network operating costs.

To direct traffic volumes and speeds, charging, admission control and quality of service (QoS) parameters, Tekelec's PCRF allows operators to create policies that manage subscribers' access and use of devices, applications and services.

“We design our products to support scalability and flexibility for the world's largest and most innovative service providers,” said Doug Suriano, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at Tekelec. “Policy management must address each customer's unique network topology, subscriber base, geography, pricing models, and provide the path forward for them to increase revenues and manage costs associated with mobile data.”

Ranging from large equipment vendors to other independent policy providers, the five-star rating surpasses the scores given to PCRF products from nine other companies. The Current Analysis review continues Tekelec's product accolades in 2011. Analysys (News - Alert) Mason named Tekelec the “leading independent software vendor in the policy management segment” for the second consecutive year earlier this year.

For its superior ability to help operators overcome Diameter signaling challenges in LTE (News - Alert) networks, Frost & Sullivan also recognized Tekelec's Diameter Signaling Router for the “New Product Innovation Award, Diameter Routing.”

Recently, the company won nine of the 11 India mobile number portability bids it pursued, including Bharti airtel Limited, Reliance Communications (News - Alert) (RCOM), Tata Teleservices Limited, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Aircel, Uninor, MTS India, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) and STel Ltd.

With this, the company is said to have increased its global market share for real-time connection number portability solutions to 48 percent, up from 35 percent two years ago.

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