Increases SMSC capacity tenfold
9 November 2011, Shenzhen, China – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions announced today it has jointly implemented an integrated value-added platform solution (iVAS) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, with operator Vodacom DRC.
The iVAS system provides SMS services and aims to launch USSD services before the end of 2012. It has improved the Congo’s short message service center capacity (SMSC) tenfold, relieving congestion and significantly improving service to approximately 5 million mobile users. The first phase of the project was completed in less than 90 days and included SMSC integration.
The previous SMS service in the Congo was costly to develop and had capacity and delivery speed problems. It was therefore unable to satisfy the growing demand for SMS among subscribers.
Vodacom is a pan-African mobile telecommunications company that operates in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Vodacom DRC. It also operates in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, and Tanzania. British mobile operator Vodafone owns a 65 per cent stake in Vodacom.
The ZTE-provided iVAS solution allows multiple services to be delivered on one unified platform and supplies unified interfaces, operation methods and maintenance. It is compatible with modular add-ons for WAP, MMS, SMS, USSD, VMS, MCN/CMN and several other value-added capacities. The platform makes it possible for Vodacom DRC to offer multiple services from a single platform and share resources, resulting in a reduction in total cost of ownership.
“As a leading iVAS solutions provider, ZTE has a deep understanding of the telecoms market in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” said ZTE Senior Vice President Zhang Renjun. “Because of this, we were able to launch timely, low-cost, value-added technologies here.”
To date, ZTE iVAS solutions have been deployed by several operators around the globe, such as: China Mobile, Telenor Montenegro, Telenor Scandinavia, Claro, APP and Mobitel SriLanka.
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