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Thuraya SatSleeve and XT satellite phones to provide vital emergency communication services and connectivity

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator has been selected by Smart Communications to provide mobile satellite handsets and airtime services to its subscribers in the Philippines. The multi-year deal will see Smart partner with Thuraya on a combined voice services and handset offer branded as SmartSAT. This new agreement is an expansion of Smart’s highly successful crew calling service, Phone Pal which was launched in September 2013.

The SmartSAT package includes either Thuraya’s game-changing SatSleeve (iPhone or Android) or the rugged XT handset bundled with price plans to provide vital connectivity to first responders, relief workers and government agencies during disaster recovery operations. SmartSAT will also be available as part of a ... Read more »

Diameter Routing capabilities part of a Complete Virtualized Portfolio

RICHARDSON, Texas - Wednesday, February 19th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Mavenir Systems (NYSE: MVNR), a leading provider of software-based networking solutions, today announced that it had deployed its Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) solution in two western European mobile networks, owned by a top 5 global network operator.

Mavenir is partnering with Ulticom, an industry leader in Diameter Signaling solutions, to develop and integrate Diameter Routing capabilities as part of its complete virtualized portfolio. DRA is ideally suited for virtualized environments, consistent with the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) strategy Mavenir is already implementing.

"For mobile operators that are transforming their networks to 4G LTE, the next step is LTE Roaming,” said Pardeep Kohli, president and chief executive officer, Mavenir Systems. "Together with our recently announced Evolved Pack ... Read more »