Remote working just got a bit sunnier. Aruba’s leading technology, media, and telecoms provider is making it easier for locals and visitors to the island to have fast, secure, and reliable mobile connectivity. So, the remote working dream of listening to the ocean while you relax under a tropical sun and still meet your deadlines is becoming a reality.

On a resident-to-tourist ratio, the island is the world’s fifth most popular travel destination. In the decade leading up to 2019, Aruba experienced a 36% growth in tourist numbers. The number of tourists increased from 10 per resident in 2010 to nearly 19 per resident in 2019. Travel disruption due to COVID-19 caused an inevitable drop in tourism in 2020, but since then, numbers have shot back up to 98% of what they were in 2019.

The increase in tourist numbers has raised mobile network traffic volumes, and the country’s largest telecoms operator has had to adapt. Having the fastest fixed and mobile networks is central to the company’s goal of boosting businesses and society on the island, and using the latest technology is essential for that goal.

Residents and visitors will receive superior island telecommunications thanks to a Signalling Infrastructure upgrade, moving from Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) legacy STPs to the full, IP-based Signalling Platform – Sigla. The legacy TDM method of breaking up data and transferring it sequentially over a dedicated line before reassembling it at the other end slows down connection speeds as data is sent one piece at a time. The IP methods of packet switching data transfer is faster and more reliable as data is sent all at once and reassembled all at once.

Squire Technologies teamed up with a Latin American partner to deliver the project, combining their knowledge of regional needs with Squire Technologies’ flexible Signalling Platform. The project has resulted in core network optimisation, providing faster, more reliable, and more secure connectivity for people across the island, even when mobile subscriber numbers increase.

Sigla is Squire Technologies’ mature, proven, carrier-grade Signalling Platform and it is deployed in numerous Telecom Operator networks worldwide. It fully supports SS7 networks and next-generation SIGTRAN whilst offering future-proof integration with tomorrow’s DIAMETER & HTTP/2 based 4G & 5G networks.