Mobile Packet Core News Views & Opinions

Session, application, and network knowledge are critical components necessary to provide a superior service experience to customers. This powerful information can be leveraged to provide a comprehensive consistent set of statistics and reports. (Read Full Article)

Mobile operators realize the importance of expanding service offerings to address the home, enterprise and hotspot markets. Many operators are considering deploying LTE radios in non-traditional locations, such as in buildings or metro, on poles, or other less secure areas. (Read Full Article)

Mobile operators succeed when they deliver an experience that meets or exceeds the expectations of their subscribers. This week, as we continue our top 10 EPC considerations countdown, we are looking at the availability of the network and its services. #5 Voice Grade Reliability The elem (Read Full Article)

Mobile operators recognize that bandwidth consumption along with CAPEX and OPEX are increasing much faster than revenue. This week, as we continue our top 10 EPC considerations countdown, we are looking at ways to control skyrocketing bandwidth growth through policy and charging control. (Read Full Article)

While mobile networks use IP for transport, a mobile-enabled multimedia EPC is all about subscriber and session management. This week, as we continue our top 10 EPC considerations series, we are considering the implications of building a session state-aware and subscriber-aware network. (Read Full Article)

This week, as we continue our top 10 EPC considerations series, we are focusing on control plane intelligence, scalability and signaling. (Read Full Article)

As we continue our series of top 10 considerations when deploying an EPC network, this week we are focusing on deployment flexibility and network optimization. #9 Deployment Flexibility and Network Optimization (Read Full Article)

For the next 10 weeks, we are going to countdown 10 of the top considerations when deploying an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network. (Read Full Article)

The way people communicate, stay informed and are entertained will never be the same. We can now access the Internet, music, videos, text messages, IM, movies and much more on the go by using our mobile devices. Our means of staying connected has also evolved from landline phone calls or in person meetings to on-line social networks, where we update our friends and colleagues of our every move through email, Facebook, IM and Twitter. So it got me thinking--what triggered these new communications methods and is the network ready for it? (Read Full Article)