Zain Nigeria migrates network to all-internet protocol

Tekelec, a network signaling, mobile messaging and performance management company, has been chosen to enable Zain Nigeria Ltd., Zain’s largest network operator, to quickly gain the benefits of migrating to an all-Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network.

Major factors in Zain’s selection of Tekelec were the technology’s market-proven reliability and ability to scale to the growing demands of global service providers.

“The project has been managed by Tekelec in an exceptionally professional and consistent manner even when faced with integration into a challenging environment such as Nigeria,” said John Earley, Technical Director for Zain Nigeria. “I can say with confidence that Tekelec’s handling of this project from start to now has been faultless. We are looking forward to a seamless integration into our existing core and anticipate substantial improvements in network signalling performance.”

Industry trends driving the demand for Tekelec’s EAGLE 5 platform are continued strong growth in the number of global mobile subscribers in emerging markets like Nigeria, short message service (SMS) growth worldwide, government-mandated number portability, and routing flexibility. The platform has been enhanced with increased signalling capacity, scalability and performance to address these issues as well as the complexities of hybrid, next-generation and all-IP networks.