- HP Consulting and HP Complementary Products to offer, install, optimise and support Intec Telecom Systems InterconnecT inter-carrier billing solutions on Hewlett-Packard servers
- Linear scalability of InterconnecT on Hewlett-Packard servers meets the needs of small and large inter-carrier billing operations
Intec Telecom Systems, the world leader in intercarrier billing solutions, and Hewlett-Packard are collaborating to bring greater levels of support, service and performance to the intercarrier billing operations of telecommunications carriers globally. As part of a new strategic partnership, HP Consulting and HP Complementary Products will offer, install and optimise Intec Telecom Systems’ intercarrier billing solution ‘InterconnecT’ on Hewlett-Packard hardware, and provide localised support to InterconnecT customers worldwide.
Phillipe Marioton, HP Consulting global telecommunications partner alliance manager, said; “Telecommunications deregulation and new technology is bringing rapid worldwide growth in the number of new telecoms service providers. These companies demand robust, accurate and scalable inter-carrier settlement systems. Intec Telecom Systems is recognised as a leader in providing such systems, and through collaboration with Intec, HP can extend and enhance its own services for telecommunications customers.”
Intec Telecom Systems, as a member of the select group of HP telecommunications alliance partners, will train HP staff in the implementation, configuration and optimisation of InterconnecT on HP hardware. “We are delighted that HP has recognised our strength in the intercarrier billing market, just as many of our own customers have recognised Hewlett Packard’s strength by choosing HP hardware to power their InterconnecT wholesale billing operations.” said Gary Gibbs, Intec Telecom Systems global alliance partner manager. “Hewlett- Packard’s provision of localised support for Intec Telecom Systems applications on HP hardware will bring new levels of service to customers and further extend the adoption of our technologies in the telecommunications market.”
Benchmark Tests
Given the growth in the volumes of calls worldwide, and the arrival of new IP and satellite based services, carriers are facing new demands to accurately process huge volumes of call information collected for inter-carrier settlement. As part of the new alliance, Intec Telecom Systems and Hewlett-Packard have invested in a new series of large scale benchmark tests. Utilising the latest version of InterconnecT and Hewlett-Packard’s N and V-Class Unix servers, the tests highlighted the compatibility, performance and scalability of the combined solutions for the intercarrier billing requirements of the smallest to the very largest telco environments. For example, on a single HP V2500 server, with 32 440Mhz CPUs and 8Gb memory, InterconnecT processed 73 million call data records (CDRs) in an eight hour period. In a shared configuration, multiple V-Class servers offer capacity far in excess of this. “The HP V-Class not only performs well in excess of the demands of our current customers, but within a clustered configuration, our tests indicate the V-Class is capable of handling in excess of 200 million CDRs in an eight hour period,” said Intec’s InterconnecT product director Alan Healey.
On behalf of Hewlett Packard, George McGregor, Marketing Director, HP communications industry business unit, EMEA, said; “We are excited about the outstanding performance and scalability Intec and HP offer. Together we can meet our customers’ growing needs for intercarrier settlement as they move to the next chapter of the Internet, a world of e-services.”
System Configuration
HP V2500 server, 32 440Mhz CPUs, 8Gb Ram, Oracle 7.3.1 database, HP-UX 11.0. HP N4000 server, eight 440 Mhz CPUs, 16Gb Ram, Oracle 7.3.1 database, HP-UX 11.0. In both cases significantly more memory than required was used in the configuration of the benchmark machines.