Responding to worldwide service provider interest in
mobile WiMAX offerings, Bridgewater Systems, a leading developer of
subscriber-centric policy management software for IP-based services,
today announced a suite of solutions for IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard
for WiMAX. Bridgewater Systems will begin testing its solutions with
several leading WiMAX infrastructure and mobile device vendors in
order to offer service providers with a fully tested, end-to-end
802.16e solution.
With Bridgewater Systems' subscriber-centric policy management
solution deployed by more than 50 telecom service providers, including
Bell Mobility, Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless, the company brings its
expertise as an established leader in policy management to WiMAX
service providers. Through its involvement in the WiMAX Forum, the
company is actively developing 802.16e standards, particularly those
related to policy-management issues. These solutions address network
access, including user and device authentication; mobility access,
where users are allowed to roam and use mobile IP; managing quality of
service (QoS) flows in the network based on policies; and monetization
support, including correlating and aggregating of accounting records,
and post-paid support.
"Bridgewater Systems has nearly a decade of experience providing
carrier-class solutions to cellular operators, so serving mobile WiMAX
providers is a natural next step for us," said Russ Freen, chief
technology officer, Bridgewater Systems. "Mobility isn't for amateurs.
It's a highly complex ecosystem and service providers need to create
efficient and standardized network-control architectures and service
delivery mechanisms. That's the value that Bridgewater Systems brings
to the emerging mobile WiMAX market."
Bridgewater's portfolio of mobile WiMAX solutions offers powerful
and proven carrier-class authentication processes, which are critical
in WiMAX because the standards allow for flexibility in the
authentication requirements of networks. It supports the extensible
authentication protocol (EAP), which WiMAX standards require for user
and device authentication. Bridgewater Systems has been actively
involved in defining these standards through its membership in the
WiMAX Forum. Additionally, the mobile WiMAX solution is compatible
with multiple other technologies, enabling cable, cellular and
wireline operators to add WiMAX to their service bundles.
Bridgewater Systems' technology presents service providers a
unified view of their subscribers and creates a single policy-decision
point in the network. It advocates managing subscriber and policy
information as close to a subscriber network access point as possible
and creates a more efficient and better standard for network-control
architecture and service delivery. Using a subscriber-centric approach
to policy management offers several benefits. Subscribers have greater
control over their network and service experiences through
personalized content and customer portals. Service providers can
quickly create new application packages and offer expanded services,
and easily enter new market segments. And, service providers can
significantly drive down the cost of network administration by
allowing subscribers to manage their experience on their own, with
self care options.
About Bridgewater Systems
Bridgewater Systems develops the industry's most advanced
subscriber-centric policy management software for IP-based services.
Its solutions help global service providers maximize profits and
launch new services faster. Bridgewater does this by providing them
with a unified view of their subscribers across all access
technologies. With Bridgewater's software, service providers have an
intelligent policy-decision point for the management of subscribers,
applications, and network resources. The Bridgewater Systems' product
suite delivers high performance policy management via its
market-leading authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) and
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) systems. It also offers a
range of modular products for application support, mediation, and
dynamic broadband management. Bridgewater Systems' proven
carrier-class products deliver on-demand data services, extensive
revenue capture capabilities, and out-of-the-box value that can be
deployed in weeks - instead of months.
More than 50 leading service providers from around the globe
(including: Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile
USA,) trust Bridgewater's technology and business insight to help them
deliver world-class services. Founded in 1997, Bridgewater Systems is
a privately held company. www.bridgewatersystems.com