Samoan service provider BlueSky is implementing a signalling gateway from Squire Technologies to enable enhanced interoperability, interconnection and offer an extended range of roaming possibilities to its customers.
BlueSky Samoa is the leading provider of mobile, fixed line, IPTV and broadband services in the Pacific Island of Samoa (independent State of Samoa), while its sister company Bluesky Communications cover the US territory of American Samoa.
When travelling abroad, mobile users typically prefer to take advantage of roaming packages that allow them to continue to use their devices and services as normal – regardless of whether making or receiving calls, sending texts, accessing emails or browsing the web.
“We want to ensure more visitors to and between both Samoa and American Samoa are able to take advantage of the roaming options available with BlueSky and to make full use of their mobile services. To deliver increased roaming coverage we needed a specialist SS7 networking solution”, said BlueSky MD Adolfo Montenegro.
One of the main challenges faced by BlueSky was to obtain a solution that solved the specific technical issues and was not an element of a much larger - and hence more costly - solution. Squire Technologies solved the problem, as Alo Anesi, Head Systems Engineer, explains: “We specifically needed conversion between European and American SS7 standards, ETSI and ANSI, to facilitate interoperability.”
Squire Technologies is supplying its innovative SVI_SG SS7 Signalling Gateway product, which has a range of optional enhanced features more normally provided in complex and costly SS7 network STP solutions.
Scaling to 256 SS7 signalling links in a single chassis and up to 512 signalling links in a full dual redundant/ high availability system, the Squire SVI-SG is a reliable solution that enables operators to route SS7 messages efficiently and securely. It supports backhaul of TDM SS7 messages using IETF SIGTRAN standards, ensuring full compatibility between IP and legacy networks. The integrated STP function enables efficient message routing and supports virtual point codes for private SS7 networks.
