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www.radisys.com C U S T O M E R S T O R Y I N D U S T RY/M A R K E T: LTE operators. T H E C H A L L E N G E: Operators must meet subscriber demands for broader coverage and increased capacity, while finding new ways to grow revenues beyond flat-rate LTE data plans. T H E B U S I N E S S E N V I RO N M E N T: OTT and content providers have been the early beneficiaries of LTE's increased bandwidth and access speeds. Operators must find new ways to compete by offering their own revenue-generating services. T H E S O L U T I O N: Mavenir's mOne® Convergence Platform and Radisys' Media Resource Function enable operators to generate VoLTE service revenues. This IMS-based solution is deployed at mobile operator MetroPCS today, with VoLTE trials at other operators underway. T H E B E N E FI T S: The solution enables operators to deliver revenue-generating services such as VoLTE and RCS. It can also be deployed in a virtualized cloud environment, providing increased scalability. C U S T O M E R P RO FI L E: Mavenir Systems is a leading provider of software-based communications solutions. The mobile subscriber appetite for more and more data, particularly mobile video, seems to be insatiable. Combining this trend with the pervasiveness of smartphones and tablets has mobile operators rushing to roll-out their LTE networks to meet subscriber demand for more bandwidth and coverage. Already more than 300 mobile operators have committed to LTE network investments, and industry analyst firm Strategy Analytics predicts 1.6B LTE connections by 2017. While the deployment of LTE networks around the world has created new opportunities for these operators, they must also ensure that they aren't relegated to the status of "pipe providers." To date, over-the-top (OTT and content providers have been the early beneficiaries of LTE's increased bandwidth and access speeds. Hence, savvy operators that have rolled out LTE Mavenir Partners with Radisys to Deploy Voice over LTE (VoLTE)

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