Tekelec has won T-Mobile Germany’s mobile number portability signaling relay function (MNP-SRF) business. The agreement means Tekelec expands its footprint within Germany’s largest operator and replaces T-Mobile Germany’s existing MNP-SRF solution.
Tekelec’s core network platform, the EAGLE 5, manages signaling system 7 (SS7) traffic and SS7 over Internet Protocol (IP), or SIGTRAN, traffic for T-Mobile Germany, T-Mobile U.K. and T-Mobile Netherlands. The platform also supports several applications beyond signaling, such as MNP-SRF, short message routing, HLR and voice mail server routing, gateway functionality, and integrated data acquisition.
Operators in Western Europe and North America are starting to replace existing number portability (NP) technology with new NP systems to better manage subscriber growth, reduce costs and handle increased signaling traffic.
