Continuous Computing Rides Rising Tide of DPI Deployments by Global Mobile Operators

Continuous Computing ^®, the only company deploying uniquely architected systems comprised of telecom platforms and Trillium ^® software, today announced escalating deployments of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology by wireless operators in order to manage rapidly growing mobile broadband usage and provide increased network security. The company revealed it has secured 12 DPI design wins with Network Equipment Providers and estimates that its DPI technology is being used in more than 10 Tier One mobile operator networks globally.

“The economics of today’s mobile broadband business model has the potential to cripple wireless operators. Due to flat-rate data plans, wireless usage is increasing significantly faster than revenues, leaving carriers struggling to balance profitability with required network capacity expansion,” said Manish Singh, Continuous Computing’s vice president of product line management. “In an environment where wireless traffic is doubling every nine months and network capacity is inherently limited by spectrum, the anticipated gains from WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE) will not be enough to resolve the bandwidth challenges on their own. As such, mobile operators are using DPI traffic management to make their existing bandwidth pipes work smarter and ensure sufficient quality of service for all subscribers.”

DPI enables operators to analyze congestion in their mobile networks and employ traffic prioritization and internet offload to ensure that end-users can enjoy time-sensitive applications such as voice and streaming media, which are especially impacted by network delay. Since a small numbers of heavy users can consume a large proportion of network resources, service providers are increasingly turning to traffic management to keep quality high for all customers.

At CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2009, for example, a senior executive from AT&T Mobility noted that the top three percent of its smartphone users are responsible for as much as 40 percent of smartphone data traffic. Similarly, results from Cisco Systems’ Visual Networking Index indicate that the top 10% of global broadband subscribers generated 60% of all traffic. With DPI, service providers have the ability to ensure that the remaining 90% of users can still enjoy sufficient service quality.

DPI also allows carriers to detect and isolate the growing number of viruses introduced – either unwittingly or by design – via wirelessly connected netbooks and laptops while also supporting legal requirements for lawful intercept.

Continuous Computing offers a number of hardware, software and system-level DPI products optimized for Network Equipment Providers deploying traffic management and security infrastructure to wireless carriers. The company’s patent-pending Adaptive Traffic Shaping system architecture is tailored for the mobile industry and empowers operators to detect and act upon congestion at the individual base station level, thereby allowing traffic management to be targeted dynamically and precisely.

For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.ccpu.com/solutions/dpi/ or meet with executives at Continuous Computing’s booth at the Broadband Traffic Management event in London, England on November 17-18 at the Holiday Inn Regents Park.

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing ^® is the only company deploying uniquely architected systems comprised of telecom platforms and Trillium ^® software. Leveraging more than 20 years of innovation, the company enables network equipment providers to rapidly deploy carrier-class LTE, DPI and femtocell applications with reduced risk, cost and complexity. Only Continuous Computing combines open-standards systems, Trillium protocol software and expert professional services to create fully-integrated solutions that empower more than 150 customers worldwide to accelerate new product delivery and maximize return on investment. www.ccpu.com.

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