Traffix Joins GSMA as Associate Member to Offer Diameter Signaling Expertise to Mobile Ecosystem

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, November 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Traffix Systems, the 4G & Diameter control plane experts, today announced that it joined the GSMA as an associate member. The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations.

"We welcome Traffix with its seasoned specialization in Diameter signaling solutions, to the GSMA. The Traffix team's deep understanding of the control plane will contribute to many of our technical groups, and ease the move to 4G technologies for our members," said Michael O'Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA.

"We are looking forward to participating in GSMA activities and to broaden the industry's focus on the growing centrality of signaling in 4G technologies and in many 3G use cases," commented Ben Volkow, CEO of Traffix. "We have already begun to take an active role in several technical groups and to share our years of experience in working with Diameter protocol."

Traffix staff will be contributing their Diameter expertise in several GSMA working groups. Here are a few examples:

• The Inter-Working, Roaming Expert Group (IREG) that specifies technical, operational and performance issues supporting international roaming.
• The Packet Working Group (PACKET) that specifies technical, operational and performance issues supporting international roaming in 2.5G, 3G and LTE. The group focuses on the study from a compatibility and interoperability perspective of the transition from 2.5 to 3G to LTE.
• Roaming & Interconnect over LTE (RILTE) group whose goal is to understand the impact of the addition of LTE and EPC to the existing roaming ecosystem.
• IWG, Interconnect Working Group, that has the overall responsibility for interconnection and interworking related matters aimed at improving the quality of operator interconnection and interworking relationships worldwide between operators and third parties, and between operators themselves.

Developing innovative Diameter solutions since 2005, Traffix offers service providers a field-proven Signaling Delivery Controller (SDC), a unified solution for intelligent dynamic Diameter routing, load balancing for unlimited scalability and overload control, and seamless gateway connectivity. The Traffix SDC has already been deployed with Tier one carriers and offers patented technology of context-aware signaling analytics, and unmatched management tools for network visibility and Diameter testing.  

The Traffix team will also be present at the GSMA's upcoming Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. To schedule a meeting with Traffix, contact [email protected].

About Traffix Systems

Traffix is the 4G network signaling expert, leading the market with a range of Diameter products deployed at over 100 locations worldwide. Traffix supports telecommunications service providers as they build high-capacity, high-performance data networks for cost-efficient operation in 4G. For more information, visit http://www.traffixsystems.com.

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