Polaris Networks has launched its NetEPC product for deployment in a cloud environment. The product which is a carrier-grade solution for LTE EPC Packet Core, has the functionalities of the MME, SGW, PGW, HSS and PCRF combined. The NetEPC in the cloud is targeted for Tier II and Tier III Commmunication Service Providers (CSP) for whom the hardware setup and operational costs of offering LTE services would be more demanding, financially, compared to the larger players.
"“Our focus with the NetEPC© has always been the small service providers and in keeping with this we decided to optimize the software for a cloud based deployment”, said Aditya Saraf, VP, Sales and Marketing. “The Polaris NetEPC© has been tested on different virtualized environments like VMware, Virtual Box etc. It has also been demonstrated successfully on Amazon EC2 Infrastructure as a Service. As part of our services, we shall also make the NetEPC available on the hosted service providers’ private cloud, if necessary. Going forward we plan add load balancing /management software which will allow the EPC to scale based on dynamic load conditions”
Source - Polaris Networks (April 12, 2013)
