Leading Baltic enterprise service provider Top Connect adopts the BroadForward Next Generation Diameter Signaling Controller (DSC) to enable advanced signaling scenarios across Mobile and Fixed networks
Tallinn, August 27th, 2018
Top Connect, a premium telecommunications service provider for enterprises in the Baltic states, announced it has launched services with the BroadForward Next Generation Diameter Signaling Controller (BroadForward DSC). The solution enables Top Connect to integrate and operate advanced Diameter routing and multi-protocol interworking scenarios from its core network as well as independently deal with vendor-specific signaling variants. The BroadForward DSC is a signaling solution that not only supports Diameter, but also many other protocols such as SS7, SIP, ENUM, RADIUS and HTTP. It enables Top Connect to address signaling scenarios across Mobile and Fixed/Wi-Fi access networks.
Headquartered in Tallinn Estonia, with subsidiaries in Latvia and Lithuania, Top Connect Ltd. is the leading alternative telecommunications company for wireless and fixed telecommunication services to corporate and institutional customers in the Baltic states and internationally. The company offers mobile voice and data, connections to over 20 major international carriers, SMS delivery, and value added services such as fixed voice and data services to corporate and governmental customers. Top Connect develops M2M/IOT services such as M2MtoGo and is known for successful services such as TravelSim, an international roaming SIM card with over 5 million users.
Top Connect has selected the BroadForward Next Generation DSC for its unique routing and interworking capabilities designed to orchestrate converged signaling services across 2G/3G, 4G/LTE, Fixed/Wi-Fi networks and ultimately 5G. The single-engine software solution for DRA, DEA and multi-protocol interworking furthermore is easy to configure and to manage and doesn’t require proprietary scripting or vendor involvement to enable signaling scenarios. The BroadForward DSC is widely adopted by leading global Mobile Network Operators, MVNOs and IPX providers.
Mikhail Markin, VP Strategic Partnerships of Top Connect, commented “Top Connect prides itself being able to cater for the specific needs of each of our clients and deliver the solution they require. The BroadForward DSC is a vital component in our network as it empowers us with the right set of signaling capabilities and flexibility, enabling us to react quickly to customer demand and orchestrate advanced signaling scenarios on demand. And with the BroadForward DSC we don’t need anybody else to get the job done, saving us time and money”.
Taco Schoute, CEO BroadForward added ”The BroadForward DSC is designed for operators such as Top Connect who need the flexibility to be competitive and to manage and control their own signaling assets on a daily basis. The BroadForward DSC will allow Top Connect to independently create unique routing and interworking scenarios across network technologies and vendor specific protocol variants.”
About Top Connect
Top Connect is one of the biggest alternative mobile roaming providers with more than 20 years of history in telecommunications. Headquartered in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, Top Connect is a premium alternative telecommunications service provider for enterprises in Baltics States, operates mobile roaming services like TravelSim, TravelChat and develops M2M/IOT services like M2MtoGo. Celebrating its 12th anniversary this year, TravelSim has grown to become the world’s leading alternative roaming service with more than 5 million users worldwide. TravelSim main services are roaming SIM cards that have ‘all the features’, including data plans, SMS bundles, cheap calls and data service, offering business users as well as leisure travellers up to 85% save on international roaming charges. Covering 205 countries, TravelSim runs a distribution network in over 62 countries across the globe, and this number is constantly growing.
For more information, please contact:
Mikhail Markin
VP, Strategic Partnerships
Mikhail.Markin@topconnect.ee
T: +372 616 6569
www.topconnect.ee
www.topconnect.com → Read more
CPM, a leading Moscow based systems integrator specializing in mobile core applications and infrastructure, has deployed the BroadForward Next Generation Diameter Signaling Controller (DSC) at Tinkoff Mobile, enabling Diameter routing (DRA), Diameter Edge Agent (DEA) and HSS front-end services.
The BroadForward DSC provides a software designed, multi-protocol routing and interworking solution supporting Diameter, SS7, SIP, ENUM, RADIUS and HTTP. The BroadForward DSC is widely adopted by leading global Mobile Network Operators, MVNOs and IPX providers. The DSC solution empowers users to independently orchestrate converged signaling scenarios across 2G/3G, 4G/LTE, Fixed/Wi-Fi networks and ultimately 5G.
Ivan Boyarinov, CTO at Tinkoff Mobile, comments: “Tinkoff Mobile pays great attention to the quality of service and customer satisfaction. By choosing CPM and the BroadForward DSC solution, we have improved the flexibility of routing and interaction with roaming partners within our network. Thanks to the introduction of DSC, our customers, for example, can use LTE roaming without interruption in 240 countries.”
Nikolay Kondratyev, CTO at CPM Ltd. added “We are recognized for our telecommunications expertise and experience with BroadForward products. We are proud to have been selected by Tinkoff Mobile to deliver the BroadForward Next Generation DSC – supporting their flexible service model and expansion drive across the Russian regions and abroad.”
Taco Schoute, CEO at BroadForward said “We are very pleased to work with CPM on this project. Increasingly operators choose nimble and flexible software solutions for their core networks. The BroadForward DSC has been designed from the ground up to support operators like Tinkoff Mobile to manage and control signaling across access technologies and systems.”
About Tinkoff Mobile
Launched in 2017 the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Tinkoff Mobile is part of Tinkoff Group together with Tinkoff Bank. Today the Tinkoff Mobile brand is available in 47 regions of Russia.
Tinkoff Mobile works on the full MVNO model based on the Tele2 radio access network and infrastructure – it has its own network code, a dedicated number range, SIM cards and business applications. This model provides maximum flexibility in the development of service processes and service plans for subscribers. The Virtual Mobile Operator provides coverage throughout Russia and is fully integrated with Tinkoff Bank.
Tinkoff Mobile offers a flexible and convenient mobile experience that allows customers to tailor their mobile plan to their own needs, rather than selecting from a fixed set of existing tariffs. Tinkoff Mobile also offers such popular options as the issue of a free virtual Tinkoff Bank card for subscribers, as well as account management through a mobile application, attractive international roaming, the ability to use one SIM card on different devices, upgrades to larger service packages at any time with a surcharg and free delivery of sim cards. Website: https://www.tinkoff.ru/mobile-operator/
About CPM
CPM Ltd.- system integrator, provider of IT/telecommunication solutions and professional services in this area. The company operates in the Russian and CIS market since 1996 and has partnered with major manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and IT solutions.
For more information or requests please contact
Alisa Nepochatykh
Marketing Manager
a.nepochatykh@cpm.ru
T: +7(926) 692 7050
www.cpm.ru Read more