Service Evolution

Aepona's Service Evolution solution addresses one of the key challenges facing operators today: how to migrate their services away from the inflexible, expensive, vertically-integrated service "silos" of the past towards a more open, dynamic, flexible, future-proof and cost-effective service architecture that is ready for the inevitable evolution towards the "all-IP" vision.

Our Service Evolution proposition encompasses our IN replacement, Service Interaction / Service Brokering and Voice over IP Call Control / Voice Call Continuity offerings. In addition, our Universal Service Platform product family fulfils several key functions within the IMS architecture, including the SIP Application Server, Service Capability Interaction Manager (SCIM), and the OSA/Parlay Application Server.

With Aepona's Service Evolution solution, operators can:

Replace expensive, legacy IN systems. With Aepona's solution, operators can control CAPEX through eliminating "lock-in" to large Network Equipment Vendors that can charge exorbitant fees for updates to services hosted on vertically-integrated IN platforms.

Introduce new, rich multimedia services: Aepona's future-proof solutions mean that new "multi-modal" services - a rich mix of value-added voice and data capabilities including SMS, MMS, call control, conferencing, media streaming, user location and presence – can be introduced as underlying core network technologies such as IMS are deployed.

Retain control of their subscribers: With Aepona's solutions, operators can retain control over, and therefore charge for, the services consumed by subscribers, rather than allowing "over the top" players from the Internet world to force them into becoming providers of "dumb pipes".

Migrate towards IP/IMS at a controlled pace: few disagree that in the future, all networks and services will be based on IP. However, operators wish to control the pace of evolution towards the IP vision, and in particular, are taking a service-led, rather than technology-led, approach to the adoption of IP technologies such as IMS. Aepona allows operators to take control of this process, by providing solutions that allow current-generation services built using "legacy" technologies to continue to generate revenues even as the underlying network becomes more IP/IMS-centric.

Provide fully flexible service bundles: Operators today can be restricted in the service bundles that they can offer, due to technical limitations with traditional IN networks. Aepona's solution allows operators to overcome these limitations and offer targeted, "a la carte" services that are precisely tailored for different market segments.

Reduce OPEX through the deployment of a common service layer framework across multiple operating entities, network platforms, technologies and protocols.

Reduce time-to-revenue: With Aepona's solutions, operators can streamline the process by which new services are developed, tested and launched. We provide a common service layer framework across disparate network platforms, giving development teams a highly abstracted set of common, standards-based APIs to programme against. We have developed a vast library of resource adaptors for all the major network equipment vendors' platforms, minimising implementation complexity, time and risk.