September 29, 2008

Bridgewater Offers Dynamic Session Management for WiMAX

Bridgewater Systems announced a dynamic session management solution, which gives WiMAX service providers greater visibility and management of their WiMAX subscribers and network resources, by managing the number of simultaneous active sessions per account or device. This allows operators to reduce fraudulent activity resulting from multiple, simultaneous subscriber sessions per account on their WiMAX networks, as well as enabling flexible service offerings.

Bridgewater's subscriber data management capabilities enable a real time view of subscribers based on static, dynamic and usage-based data. This allows service providers to control the number of simultaneous sessions per subscriber in real time, and enable intelligent decisions about allowing each session access to the WiMAX network based on dynamic information about the subscriber, as well as subscriber entitlement information based on their service plan.

The Bridgewater session management solution eliminates fraudulent usage resulting from multiple, simultaneous subscriber IDs accessing the network, which can lead to revenue leakage and abuse of network resources. The solution also enables WiMAX service providers to offer subscription plans which allow a pool of subscribers to access the network sharing a common account. For instance, a "family plan", or "enterprise plan" might allow a group of subscribers in a family or business to be registered on the network, but only allow a subset of them to be active on the WiMAX network at any point in time in exchange for a different subscription service.

"Bridgewater's leading dynamic subscriber data management solutions provide operators vital real-time information on their subscribers and affords us a unique perspective in deploying dynamic solutions for WiMAX service providers in developing, and developed markets," said Phil Thrasher, senior vice president worldwide sales, services and marketing, Bridgewater Systems. "This new session management solution allows operators to better manage their WiMAX network in real time, create new service offerings for their subscribers, while addressing concerns over fraudulent usage of precious network resources."

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