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The Altobridge Remote Community Solution
Expensive satellite transmission used for backhauling calls, has been the major barrier facing Mobile Network Operators the world over when considering mobile service roll-outs to remote user groups in emerging markets – but not anymore.
No Challenges, Just Solutions
Solving the challenges of transmission – and many others besides – is the Remote Community Solution from Altobridge, which delivers a more ‘Intelligent’ Base Transceiver Station (BTS) site to the MNO than any other solution.
Like peas in a pod, the new Altobridge POD BTS at the heart of the Remote Community Solution differentiates the system from others by delivering a series of intelligent ‘green’ functions’ to the installation: Intelligent Transmission Management, Intelligent Power Management, an Intelligent Data-at-the-Edge™-of-the-network capability, and efficient handling of the BTS radio resource. All of these functions enable a compelling and unbeatable ‘green’ business case for a more efficient, lowcost, intelligent and profitable BTS site.
Intelligence Defines Altobridge Solutions
Intelligence designed into the Altobridge technology manages and restricts the use of expensive transmission bandwidth by combining two of its patented technology platforms. First is the Altobridge Split Architecture™, which ensures an ‘on-demand’ use of the satellite link when only revenue-generating traffic is occurring, and uses the lowest level of bandwidth in the industry at 5-8kbps per call. This system not only cuts transmission costs, it also cuts power consumption, which is further reduced with a ‘night mode’.
The second is the Altobridge Local Connectivity™ Platform, which enables the intelligent switching of all local calls locally at the base station or handover between base station clusters. This eliminates unnecessary transmission costs, double satellite hops and improves network quality thereby encouraging longer call holding times resulting in increased call revenues. As up to 70% of calls can be local, significant opportunities exist to reduce transmission costs in all areas of the network.
The systems based on these platforms have proven to significantly cut backhaul and power costs and have been successfully deployed on wireless telecoms networks, aircraft and ocean-going vessels around the world. The benefits of these two technologies, combined in the Remote Community Solution with the POD BTS and including a Fully Managed Service offering and VSAT bundling, make this the most cost-effective solution for rural communities on the market and one which is being used in the Far East by leading mobile operators, including Maxis in Malaysia and MobiCom in Mongolia.
Green Power
One of the strengths of the Altobridge Remote Community solution is that it has one of the lowest power consumption figures on the market. Intelligent power optimisation is crucial to reducing power consumption. For solar installations, the solution has an intelligent ‘Night Mode’ reducing power use at night during low traffic periods. The intelligent control of the BTS can be used to vary services and coverage at night, or during periods of low power availability. Further power savings are achieved through intelligent management of the power amplifier.
A Perfect Acquisition
Following the strategic acquisition of the ADC Mobile Network Solutions base station and switching business in December 2009, Altobridge can now offer customers a broader portfolio of products and services resulting in even greater cost savings. These new offerings include both a complete end-to-end network solution and network extensions by interfacing with existing networks, both are available with Fully Managed Services.
Commenting on the acquisition, Mike Fitzgerald, Altobridge CEO, said,
“When we acquired the Mobile Network Solutions division of ADC at the start of 2010, along with its full hardware portfolio, we acquired the perfect hardware solution with which to integrate our technology. By doing so, we can now offer MNOs the most intelligent, turnkey system for delivering lower transmission costs, lower power consumption and optimum returns from the delivery of mobile services to remote communities.”
Altobridge has three main business units: Remote Community solutions for MNOs, Software/IP licensing for vendor channel partners, and Government Solutions for private network requirements, the latter with its Secure Portable GSM Network in operational service with leading North American Government agencies.