ZTE Helps WANA Create “Africa Miracle”

1　 Background

WANA is an emerging operator in Morocco founded in 1999. It is an enterprise invested by the largest royal ONA (invested by the king and bank), Omnium Nord Afrique.

WANA obtained fixed network license at the end of 2005, and obtained the 3G network license in 2006.

The competition in Morocco telecom market is intense. Fixed network users decreased and mobile users dramatically increased. To keep a good developing tendency, WANA has to improve its competitiveness. Providing users with mobile service and high-speed wireless data service becomes WANA’s goal. At present WANA has become a strong Morocco telecom operator with a prosperous development tendency. The achievements of WANA made an Africa miracle.

2　 ZTE Solution

At the beginning of network construction ZTE provided WANA with All-IP integrated solution which facilitates smooth upgrade towards All-Mobile network. WANA purchased 3G license and began to vigorously develop data and mobile service in July 2006. ZTE All-IP solution displays its powerful advantage: distributed network construction effectively controls network transmission cost and operation & maintenance cost; supports smooth upgrade providing EV-DO high-speed data Internet service; supports smooth upgrade towards mobile network, which could help WANA to implement mobilization transformation of the whole network.

WANA network switching was completed by Jan. 9th 2008. With the launching of ZTE All-IP core network, WANA officially entered into All-Mobile era. Project implementation quality is far beyond WANA’s expectation. The advancement of network satisfies the requirements of WANA to implement All-Mobile network to attract mobile users.

●  Successfully transferred from V5 interface to Ap interface; substituted original equipment with advanced All-IP softswitch equipment; supported mobile and restricted mobile users at the same time;

●  All-IP softswitch equipment is equipped with open SIP service interface such as SIP WIN and SIP CRBT;

●　Providing various services of number portability, and voice/data monitoring.

●　Supporting OTA to improve operation efficiency.

● Supporting reliable networking solutions such as MGW dual-homing; 5.2 million capacity of HLRe disaster tolerance; and PDSN/AAA disaster tolerance, so as to guarantee network quality.

ZTE Solution Highlights:

●  The largest EV-DO RevA network in Africa

●  Advanced All-IP network: Successfully transferred from V5 interface to Ap interface; Supported mobile and restricted mobile users at the same time;Equipped with open SIP service interface

●  Providing various services of number portability, and voice/data monitoring.

●  Supporting OTA to improve operation efficiency.

●  Supporting reliable networking solutions such as MGW dual-homing; Large capacity of HLRe disaster tolerance, and PDSN/AAA disaster tolerance etc.

3　 WANA Customer Benefits

●  Various service types

●  Building network and developing users quickly

4　 Customer Quote

"ZTE provided us with reliable and innovative high-performance end-to-end solution, which greatly enhanced our competitiveness and our position in local telecom market. ZTE is not only the equipment provider that provides us with high-performance solution, but also our partner in the future development."

——Wana CEO Karim Zaz