Aruba’s leading telecoms company has launched VoLTE for subscribers and international roamers. Their new network components from Squire Technologies are enabling revenue opportunities and a future-ready network.
The challenge for the operator in providing VoLTE related to legacy technology that couldn’t support Sigtran traffic. They needed a solution for IP-based traffic that’s forwards and backwards compatible, creates network efficiency, and is easy to scale.
The solution will open new revenue streams and make future upgrades easier. It will also reduce operating costs, while extending VoLTE to the entire island.
Why Aruba needs VoLTE
Aruba’s economy relies heavily on tourism, and tourists have certain mobile expectations. Tourist numbers have surged since 2020, and now the country must cope with the impact on the island’s ecology and infrastructure. The environment is being handled through legislation, but the communications infrastructure is a different matter.
Aruba’s leading communications service provider knew that a network upgrade was necessary to handle evolving mobile traffic.
Stage 1
First, the legacy Signalling Transfer Point (STP) hardware needed replacing with a solution that could handle increasing IP-based Sigtran traffic. Squire Technologies’s signalling specialists delivered a pair of STPs that support SS7 TDM, NGN IP SIGTRAN and IMS / LTE / 4G, capable of multi-generation network interworking.
Stage 2
Stage two required a Diameter Signalling Controller setup of two Diameter Routing Agents (DRA) and two Diameter Edge Agents (DEA). Squire Technologies’ SVI-DRA enables smooth, scalable control of service providers’ IMS and LTE core networks. The SVI-DEA from Squire Technologies has enhanced security for authorisation, authentication and subscriber policy.
“The solutions we’ve introduce and the way they’ve been deployed will enable better control of traffic on their network and easier network augmentations. Altogether, this will help them reduce operating costs, whilst allowing them to open new revenue streams.”
Ben Teversham, Sales Manager at Squire Technologies
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