Nokia HLR solutions to aid major Algerian mobile operator

Details: Category: Service Management; 19 November 2008; 10491 views

Algeria's leading mobile operator Orascom Telecom Algeria has announced that Nokia Siemens Networks will be the provider of its Home Location Register solution...

Algeria's leading mobile operator Orascom Telecom Algeria (OTA) has announced that Nokia Siemens Networks will be the provider of its Home Location Register (HLR) solution. The Subscriber Data Management Solution from Nokia Siemens Networks will enable OTA to develop a single database for subscriber information, unifying data that is currently fragmented and thereby modernising OTA's installed base of 17 million subscribers, as well as providing additional capacity of 3 million.

OTA will consequently be able to move towards smart, subscriber-centric operations, which will reduce time-to-market for service deployment, supporting multiple applications and allowing for better customer support facilities. With the deployment already finished and the migration underway, the new capacity will go live by 2009 while the migration of the current installed base should be complete by the end of the year.

Tamer El Mahdy, CEO, Orascom Telecom Algeria, commented: "We needed a partner who could help us further upgrade and modernize our core equipment. Nokia Siemens Networks' strong technical solution, reliable support and partnership as well as their competent local setup clinched the deal in their favour."

He continues: "the decision to go for Nokia Siemens Networks' leading subscriber database solution, based on Apertio platforms, puts us in control of our most valuable asset - customer data. It opens the network to innovation application using valuable customer insight".

Dirk Lewandowski, Head of Orascom Customer Business Team for Nokia Siemens Networks added: "we were able to showcase the benefits of a unified architecture HLR solution that not only provided increased efficiencies in the network but also significant cost savings. Thus, while OTA already had a vendor in charge of this critical aspect of their core business, they decided to switch and go with us all the way."

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