Huawei and Telefonica sign contract to deploy Service Delivery Platform in Latin America

Corporate IT Update, Feb 9, 2009

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Huawei Technologies (Huawei), a provider of next-generation telecomms network solutions, and telecomms company Telefonica announced on Friday (6 February) the signing of a framework contract to deploy a new 'Service Delivery Platform' (SDP) serving all countries in Telefonica's Latin American region.

According to the company, the SDP, scheduled to be commercially launched during the first half of 2009, unifies the delivery of value-added services and facilitates the process of implementing new services, including worldwide universal e-mail, mobile newspapers, 3G messaging solutions or advertising on mobile phones. The platform opens the possibility of offering convergence services for both fixed and mobile networks, as well as for residential and enterprise markets. It is expected to reduce time-to-market, operational expenditure (OPEX) and capital investments (CAPEX) related costs.

Under the terms of the agreement, Huawei is to provide Telefonica with a SOA-based centralised SDP solution to serve whole of Latin America, comprising 13 countries, integrating different network capabilities and business functionalities, providing a unified interface and service management. The unified platform can also be utilised by third parties to develop new services and implement them faster.

No financial details of the agreement were disclosed.

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