SFR becomes the 100th customer
Nokia has said that 100 operators now have a mobile softwitch solution from the vendor in their core network.
Initially specified by 3GPP Release 4, the MSC Server has accounted for over 75% of Nokia’s switching deliveries since mid 2005. Vendors sell softswitch solutions as capable of enabling fixed mobile convergence and supporting 3G as well as 2G traffic.
“Nokia’s impressive track record and the proof of its ability to deliver extended services, as well as the long-standing, successful relationship between SFR and Nokia made it easy for us to choose Nokia for this ambitious network modernization project,” says Paul Corbel, Chief Technical Officer, SFR. “The change of our existing MSCs to Nokia’s integrated 2G/3G MSC Server mobile softswitch will enable SFR to now offer a whole suite of innovative services to our customers in the most cost efficient manner and enable convergence.”