Tekelec to Provide Virtual Home Location Register to French GSM Operator, Bouygues Telecom.Business Editors CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000 Tekelec Tekelec, Inc. (NASDAQ:TKLC), (founded 1979 in California, now headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, USA) is an industry leader building smart carrier networks through an innovative combination of signaling, switching, and applications. (Nasdaq:TKLC) today announced that it has signed a multimillion dollar contract with Bouygues Telecom, the first French operator to develop and operate a nationwide GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. 1800 network. Tekelec will provide a virtual home location register (HLR (Home Location Register) A database in a cellular system that contains all the subscribers within the provider's home service area. When a subscriber reaches a new service area, the data in the HLR is requested and transferred via SS7 to the VLR (Visitor Location ) built on its EAGLE(R) service platform combined with its flexible numbering solution, G-Flex(TM) SS7 Relay. Tekelec's virtual HLR centralizes access to the subscriber databases within the network. Tekelec's solution allows Bouygues Telecom to flexibly allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. its subscriber numbers across its HLRs and dynamically rebalance its number database loads to meet changing network needs and maximize the capacity of the databases. "Tekelec is delighted to be doing business with an innovative mobile operator like Bouygues Telecom," said David Colbeck, managing director Tekelec Limited and vice president for Europe. "We are providing a complete solution for the company including project management, network integration, and training. Tekelec will support Bouygues Telecom's network from our recently opened European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. Customer Support Center in the UK." About Bouygues Telecom Barely four years after its commercial launch, Bouygues Telecom has established its reputation as a dynamic and innovation player in the French mobile phone market with a workforce of some 6,000, more than 4 million subscribers and a network that covers 98% of the French population. About Tekelec Tekelec is a leading developer of telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. signaling infrastructure, diagnostic solutions, and service applications. The company's highly reliable solutions enable telecommunications carriers and equipment suppliers to achieve the benefits of the packet-telephony revolution, while keeping service quality and feature richness intact. Tekelec's innovative solutions are widely deployed in traditional and next-generation wireline, wireless, and IP voice, data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. networks and contact centers. Corporate headquarters are located in Calabasas, Calif., with research and development facilities and sales offices worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.tekelec.com. The Tekelec logo and EAGLE are registered trademarks of Tekelec. G-Flex is a trademark of Tekelec. |
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