Openwave Systems has announced the latest release of the Openwave Smart User Repository, which it says can enable operators to lower their total cost of ownership (TCO) by up to 95 per cent through 15x performance improvements, compared to existing subscriber data management (SDM) deployments. Openwave says the release has been tested to better manage 300m subscriber entries at less than 1 millisecond of latency, and can assist operators with their SDM needs.
Smart User Repository is a scalable, reliable subscriber data management solution built on the proven foundation of Openwave’s directory technology. It offers high speed, low latency user profile and policy access that is specifically designed to assist operators in managing their increasing data traffic. Openwave says that, due to its scalable and reliable architecture, Smart User Repository is an excellent candidate for operators’ 3GPP subscriber profile repository (SPR) and user data repository (UDR) requirements, particularly as they move quickly to deploy policy infrastructure addressing the increasing traffic loads brought about by the massive increase in data usage. 
“The dramatic decrease in TCO and improvement in performance underscores the powerful scalability of Smart User Repository and the solution’s ability to bring bottom line value to the network and enable superior SDM,” says John Giere, senior vice president of products and marketing at Openwave. “As operators continuously face growing amounts of data traffic volumes that can include a large surge in over the top services and applications, integrated solutions like Smart User Repository can help them more rapidly access user profile and policy information to efficiently manage data in a very cost effective manner.”
Giere adds that the highly distributable nature of the Smart User Repository allows availability of subscriber profile data on a near real-time basis from any part of the network – core or the edge – noting that this is an important consideration for operators who are deploying 4G networks, or moving access gateways to the edge in their 3G networks.
