October 28, 2010

du Selects GENBAND to Expand Its Fixed Network

By Raju Shanbhag
TMCnet Contributor

du selected GENBAND’s IP Switching solutions to expand its next-generation fixed network, GENBAND (News - Alert) announced in a press release. GENBAND is a developer of IP infrastructure and service solutions.

With this network expansion, du can provide reliable and advanced Session Initiation Protocol (News - Alert) (SIP) communications, widely used for offering access to multimedia communication sessions to residential and business subscribers across the UAE. After experiencing positive growth, the company has been the operator of choice for business and residential customers, claimed du.

GENBAND helps fixed, mobile and cable service providers around the world evolve communications networks through IP innovation. The Company offers Switching, Networking and Service solutions, with products deployed in over 600 customer networks spanning more than 80 countries. GENBAND is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and has operations in 50 countries.

“du is an outstanding industry example of innovation and cutting-edge deployment of all-IP networking,” said Mehmet Balos (News - Alert), chief marketing officer at GENBAND, in a press release. “We are pleased to provide du with GENBAND’s industry-leading media gateways and C20 Converged Softswitch in a unique, geo-survivable configuration that gives subscribers in the UAE not only disaster recovery protection, but also the most advanced IP services available. We are helping du to seamlessly and simply evolve its network”

GENBAND’s IP solutions and technical expertise help the customers to expand their network in a seamless manner and improve competitive advantage. According to GENBAND, this large network expansion is a testament to GENBAND’s unmatched leadership and expertise in efficiently transforming legacy networks to IP. The company will now help to improve du's nationwide fixed line services for voice telephony, announced GENBAND in a press release.

Recently, Orange Business Services (News - Alert) selected GENBAND for the delivery of an end-to-end SIP-based communication toolkit for its MPLS-based network that provides services for electronic and voice trading. The A-Series Applications Portfolio from GENBAND offers a suite of unified communications or UC functions and enhanced service customization over multiple IP access networks. These applications are expected to provide speed advantages, accuracy, business agility and quick returns on investment.  

Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Raju’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Jaclyn Allard