China Mobile Deploys Huawei's Softswitch

China Mobile, the largest mobile operator in the world, has activated the first four domains in its toll tandem network using Huawei's softswitch. China Mobile's tandem network connects 31 provinces, representing more than 31,000 E1s of capacity. The carrier has adopted dynamic voice coding/decoding technology in toll tandem network and implemented dual homing technology for the softswitches for disaster recovery.


China Mobile has also implemented Huawei's softswitch for the local exchange serving 400,000 lines in Hunan province.


Huawei noted that its mobile softswitch has been deployed abroad in multiple GSM networks. In UMTS, Huawei reports more than 30 commercial or trial networks are using its mobile softswitch, including ETISALAT in UAE, SUNDAY in HK, EMTEL in Mauritius, TM in Malaysia and in Tunis.

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