Telecom Cook Islands celebrates cutover of new ADC UltraWave GSM Softswitch
(Business News, 16 Jan 2008 )
ADC announced that Telecom Cook Islands Ltd. has completed commercial deployment of its UltraWave GSM softswitch.
The new softswitch -- which upgrades the carrier's core wireless network to more efficient, IP-based technology in order to reduce costs and enable value-added services such as integrated SMS, voice mail, GPRS and prepaid calling -- has been in deployment since September of 2007, and the final network cutover was accomplished last week. The network upgrade enabled by the UltraWave GSM softswitch includes an overall expansion of the network's capacity from 8,000 to 15,000 subscribers along with new services such as prepaid calling, SMS, voicemail, and GPRS data.
ADC is a leading provider of compact, fully integrated mobile network systems for remote areas such as the Cook Islands. The UltraWave GSM Softswitch has completely upgraded the core network at Telecom Cook Islands, enabling more efficient and cost-effective delivery of features such as MSC/VLR, HLR, prepaid, voicemail, SMS and AuC for roaming support.
