Friday, 21 July 2006

China’s Jilin MCC to Deploy Alcatel Mobile MGM Solution

Alcatel has signed a Euro 50 million contract to deploy a Mobile NGN solution for Chinese service provider Jilin Mobile Communications Co. (Jilin MCC) and expand the operator’s existing mobile network.

Under the terms of the new contract, Alcatel will deliver its distributed mobile-switching solution. The cornerstone of this mobile NGN solution is the Alcatel 5020 Spatial Atrium Softswitch, a multi-standard mobile call server controlling distributed media gateways. Its distributed architecture results in significant cost efficiency and greater simplicity in the design of Jilin MCC's network.

Once deployed, Alcatel's Mobile NGN solution will enable Jilin Mobile to evolve its current network to support future advanced mobile services with one simplified, high-capacity, core network. The solution will also enable the operator to grow its subscriber base while reducing operating expenses.

Alcatel will also expand the operator's current Alcatel-powered GSM/GPRS mobile network, providing Jilin Mobile with its Alcatel Evolium multi-standard end-to-end network infrastructure solution. With previous GSM expansion already provided to the operator, Alcatel will have increased Jilin Mobile's mobile network capacity by 30% to serve up to 8 million subscribers.

With the completion of all the projects in September 2006, Alcatel's solution will cover all the cities in Jilin province, including Chuangchun, Jilin, Yanji, Siping, Songyuan, Liaoyun, Baicheng, Baishan and Tonghua.