Hitachi Communication Technologies America (Hitachi CTA) today announced the availability of its carrier-grade virtualized MME/SGSN solution on VMware vSphere®, operating on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers.
Hitachi CTA said that the solution addresses the evolving needs of service providers to quickly deploy carrier-grade Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) applications in a Telco Cloud, without the need to invest in discrete, proprietary physical network elements.
According to Hitachi, the MME/SGSN VNF platform can support millions of new LTE and machine to machine (M2M) devices/subscriber sessions; while managing the dramatic increase in 4G device transaction rates and higher radio connectivity due to increased deployment of small cells.
- Technical and market trials with Hitachi CTA virtualized MME/SGSN solution on VMware vSphere are in progress with leading operators to demonstrate Hitachi CTA's highly flexible and scalable architecture along with feature-rich capabilities in moving legacy networks to an NFV architecture, said Hitachi.
“Hitachi CTA continues to lead the market in rapidly delivering a highly functional and high performance MME/SGSN VNF architected to scale well beyond 20 million simultaneously active subscribers. VMware provides a proven carrier-grade NFV platform that enables us to meet the performance and scalability requirements of the largest mobile service providers in the world."
- Reg Wilcox, CEO of Hitachi CTA
"VMware is pleased to be working with Hitachi CTA to deliver a carrier-grade MME/SGSN virtualized solution. The use of VMware vSphere® 5.5 enables mobile operators to accelerate virtualization of their mobile networks to lower operational costs and capital expenditures, which are essential to meet the challenges posed by steadily increasing data demands."
- Dave O'Callaghan, senior vice president, Global Partner Organization, VMware
