Aepona Enables Service Providers to Easily and Securely Open Their Network to Third-Party Services and Applications.Monetizes Network Assets, Increasing Availability of Third-Party Applications from Tens to Thousands ORLANDO, Fla. -- Today at CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. , Aepona, a leading provider of Service Network products and solutions, announced third party management and configuration enhancements to its Telecom Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. platform. These new features empower service providers to overcome existing barriers to adding new services by reducing costs through automation and structured process management. This enables service providers to fully exploit and monetize their network assets, by expanding the pool of third-party application developers from tens or hundreds to many thousands. Aepona's Telecom Web Services platform allows secure exposure of telecom network resources, such as call control, location and messaging, to enterprises and third-party application developers. It supports dynamic service bundles for content providers through rapid service enrolment, multi-channel service delivery and aggregated billing. The new third party management and configuration features provide a Web Services-based mechanism to provision new customers. Now, using the Telecom Web Services platform, Service Providers can grant developers various degrees of privilege. This provides a high degree of flexible configuration; not just of different classes of users - but of the operation of the platform and the services on offer. This provides differentiated services Offerings that can be classified by type, or quality, of service. For example, a differentiated services network could prioritize real time traffic for a higher fee. by modifying SLAs, access policies and execution profiles. Aepona's Telecom Web Services solution is built on the company's Universal Service Platform, and helps to accelerate the adoption of Service Oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. Architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) into the telecoms domain. Telecom Web Services provide the ideal building blocks for a powerful, scalable service delivery framework. "As operators move towards a next-generation Service Delivery Platform that allows them to cost-effectively service a much higher number of application and content providers than first-generation SDPs, they will need to incorporate the concept of a standards-based architecture that opens their network," said Kieran Dalton, Aepona's Chief Technical Officer. "Our Telecom Web Services Platform now makes it easier for service providers to increase ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. by using third parties to rapidly expand the services and applications offered to subscribers." About Aepona Headquartered in the UK with regional offices across the world, Aepona is at the forefront of the evolution towards better, more service-rich communications networks The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. . Aepona's Universal Service Platform enables the Exposure and Exploitation of telecoms network resources, allowing telecommunications operators to rapidly deploy profitable new services across fixed-line, mobile and SIP/IMS networks. Aepona possesses a unique combination of expertise in both telecoms infrastructure and IT, and its solutions have been chosen by Tier 1 operators such as France Telecom/Orange, KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) , Sprint, TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor , Vimpelcom, E-Plus, Eircom and Bridge Mobile Alliance |
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