Telekomunikasi Indonesia Upgrades VoIP Network with MERA Systems’ Softswitch
August 7, 2007
Indonesia’s Largest Telco Deploys MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch to Facilitate Traffic Handling
Toronto, ON, Canada (August 07, 2007) — MERA Systems – a key provider of VoIP softswitches and session controllers for efficient management of VoIP communications – has won a contract to provide a softswitch solution for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), the major Indonesia-based telco.Telkom, the largest Indonesian carrier with 15+ years of experience in telecommunications, provides landline and mobile telephony services, wired/wireless Internet access and various multimedia services for enterprises and residential users. Telkom launched IP Telephony services in 2002 with the surge of the VoIP boom. The carrier was looking for an efficient and reliable softswitch solution to ensure seamless interconnection with peering partners’ networks, provide two-way SIP-H.323 translation and enable single-point entry into the network. To find the best match for these challenges, Telkom announced a bid – and MERA Systems won it by offering its MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch (MVTS). Komunikasi Maya Indonesia (KMI), a local system integrator and MERA Systems’ strategic business partner, deployed MVTS on the carrier’s network and provided comprehensive training for the staff.
MVTS provides a single entry point into Telkom’s network to ensure topology hiding and simplify accounting chores. The MERA solution performs comprehensive routing, enabling the carrier to enhance traffic handling flexibility, improve ASR and send calls to the most cost-effective and quality routes and hence drive the margins up. Additionally, smart routing tools of MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch will allow the carrier to raise customer satisfaction by enforcement of differentiated SLA policies.
Furthermore, MVTS offers Telkom a full suite of business-critical capabilities: generation of accounting data for third-party billing systems, seamless interoperability, two-way SIP/H.323 translation and transcoding.
“The MERA solution proved the best fit to Telkom’s needs, and we were there to facilitate the installation process”, comments Ihsan Ramadhi Putra, Marketing Manager of Komunikasi Maya Indonesia.
“Our aim is to ensure that Telkom’s migration to MVTS is smooth and easy. As the carrier utilizes their own, company-specific billing models, we developed the Radius Format Translator – a software application specifically designed to transform the MVTS standard accounting formats to comply with the Telkom’s ones”.
“We’ve been looking for a solution that could ease our VoIP activities. MVTS has significantly simplified and secured our interactions with peering partners around the globe – now we have a single point of interconnection, which also saves effort on configuration and administration of the VoIP system”, said M.Hadimargono, Infrastructure Manager of Telekomunikasi Indonesia. “Equally important is that MVTS features various redundancy schemes, which guarantee stable and dependable operation of our fast-growing business”.
“At MERA Systems we have always been customer-driven and this is why leading national carriers like Telkom choose our solutions to fully realize their network potential”, comments Konstantin Nikashov, CEO of MERA Systems. “We are pleased to team with Telkom and provide a universally-acknowledged solution that will enable them to adopt a holistic approach to traffic management. Indonesian VoIP market is on the rise nowadays and we are sure that MVTS will leverage Telkom’s vantage point and extend their footprint”.
About MERA Systems
MERA Systems develops industry-leading VoIP softswitches and session border controllers that enable VoIP carriers and service providers to efficiently manage VoIP sessions on their networks. The MERA solutions offer a powerful combination of efficiency, scalability and rich functionality, bringing added value and revenue-generating opportunities to carriers globally. To date, MERA Systems is a key provider of highly reliable and cost-effective VoIP switching platforms, applications for calling card business and IP Centrex solutions. MERA Systems has 600+ deployments in 67 countries worldwide. For more information about MERA Systems visit www.mera-systems.com
About Komunikasi Maya Indonesia
PT Komunikasi Maya Indonesia (KMI) is one of the leading Asia-Pacific carriers and system integrators headquartered in Singapore. KMI provides high quality VoIP services and enables enterprises and service providers to cost-efficiently migrate to IP-based infrastructure. Deep understanding of local VoIP market and profound technology background makes stand out from the competition.
About Telekomunikasi Indonesia
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is the largest telecommunications company in Indonesia. Telkom and its affiliated companies provide landline and mobile telephony services, wired/wireless Internet access and various multimedia services for enterprises and residential users. Telkom has over 13 million fixed-line telephony users and over 24 million cellular subscribers. For more information about Telekomunikasi Indonesia visit www.telkom.co.id
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