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High performance and scalability from Adax wins Apertio

HDC-PCI Combo card provides a cost-effective solution for HLR application

Reading, UK, 20 January 2004: Apertio has chosen Adax’s HDC-PCI Combo card for its HLR (Home Location Register) application for GSM networks. The card was chosen for its high density and performance which maximises the efficiency of the Apertio HLR, resulting in a solution with the ability to cope with high traffic rates quickly and efficiently. Also key was the scalability of the Adax card as it enables the capacity and functionality of the HLR to expand with the needs of the network.

The Apertio HLR offers GSM operators of all sizes an advanced, open solution to the problems of managing and growing the HLR function at the heart of their network. It provides a highly extensible resilient and cost effective multi-node framework that can be viewed by the rest of the GSM network as a single HLR node. In addition the two-tier distributed architecture enhances performance and scalability with new signaling capacity added without needing to add unnecessary subscriber storage capacity and vice versa. This provides a cost-effective entry-level solution for start ups, whilst at the same time able to scale up to house more than 20 million subscribers.

The Adax card doubled the performance initially requested by Apertio. This gives the HLR the ability to handle high traffic rates with very fast, deterministic responses to every transaction. The high density of the HDC-PCI Combo, provides Apertio with 32 MTP2 links on each card which maximises the performance of each slot, and is completely scalable with the ability to install multiple cards in the system. The HLR application is based on the TCAP stack that integrates with Adax software at the MTP3/MTP2 level that sits above the Adax card. The HLR is implemented as an open system based on UNIX, and offers standards-based interfaces to all services, including GSM 97 and GPRS.

“The distributed architecture and resilience of the Apertio HLR offers GSM operators an advanced, open solution to the problems of managing and growing the HLR function at the heart of their network,” said Paul Magelli, CEO at Apertio. “The Adax HDC-PCI Combo and MTP2 software provides the performance and scalability we require to cope with the expanding network capacity cost-effectively and efficiently.”

About Apertio
Apertio supply open and flexible software infrastructure solutions that dramatically simplify and significantly reduce the cost of ownership of mobile networks by utilizing open platforms and software architecture. Apertio’s scalable and resilient open platform with its light application blades enables mobile operators to launch services in days or weeks rather than months, at up to a tenth of the usual cost. Apertio’s flagship HLR application blade, offers mobile operators of all sizes an advanced, open solution to the problems of managing and growing the HLR function at the heart of their network. Other application blades include Apertio’s Authentication Server, number Portability Server, Prepaid Server, Equipment Identity Server, subscriber Routing Server and Location Server. Apertio is a private venture capital funded company based in Bristol, UK. Apertio was founded in November 2002. For more information about Apertio Ltd, please visit http://www.apertio.co.uk