Cisco, Thursday announced that NAKA Mobile, a global mobile telecommunications and technology company based in Switzerland, has selected the Cisco® Virtualized Packet Core (vPC) to transform its network architecture. NAKA Mobile, a privately owned company offers its high-tech communication solution to global mobile network operators (MNOs), mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and distribution partners.
According to Cisco, NAKA Mobile has tested its Virtualized Packet Core in their labs and is the first mobile operator to formally announce that they have installed and launched services on the platform. With the resulting agility and elasticity, NAKA Mobile plans to expand its network beyond Switzerland and provide customers with advanced mobile Internet services around the world, said Cisco.
Daniel Sendin, chief operating officer, NAKA Mobile
Cisco is a market leader with solid technology that permits NAKA Mobile the capability to dynamically scale our mobile Internet network capacity. NAKA Mobile chose Cisco because they offered us the platform scalability of a virtualized packet core and the ability to scale. As a result, we can offer different deployment options depending on the size and maturity of the market. The Cisco Virtualized Packet Core also gives us the flexibility to implement solutions spanning 10,000 to millions of users while using the same software over different platforms
Mike Iandolo, vice president and general manager, Mobile Internet Technology Group, Cisco
NAKA Mobile is launching the world’s first virtualized packet core mobile Internet services, and Cisco is delighted to support its efforts. The Cisco Virtualized Packet Core solution enables NAKA Mobile to deploy the Cisco StarOS software architecture on different hardware platforms. What we see here is a great example for creating business value by virtualizing network functions and by automating and orchestrating the applications and network elements.
