Smile, a mobile network operator of 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, has selected Squire Technologies Session Border Controller(SBC) to support the operator's VoLTE rollout.
Squire Technologies, a UK based company specializing in signalling product solutions in the VoLTE IMS, VoIP and SS7 markets said that it SVI-SBC Session Border Controller was rapidly deployed to support LTE Pre-Conditions enabling optimal bandwidth allocation and rollout of VoLTE handsets. With high volume transcoding and support for multi-device, single number services, Smile will be able to offer offnet voice and messaging. Squire Technologies deployes media and messaging gateways to ensure a seamless interconnect between the VoLTE network and legacy 2G/3G/PSTN.
Tom Allen Smile COO
From day one we needed a technology partner that could not only offer us a diverse range of core network signalling products but also a set of signalling experts that could rapidly develop and evolve their products to solve the network issues we knew we would face in such a leading edge rollout.
Simon Dinnage, Squire Technologies Business Development Director
This has been an exciting project to be involved in from the start with a unique set of challenges. It has combined solving todays leading edge VoLTE signalling challenges with flexible products and signalling expertise whilst also insuring seamless interconnect with legacy 2G/3G/PSTN.
