Motorola signed a multi-year agreement to integrate HP technologies into its CDMA and iDEN network infrastructure products. Specifically, HP will deliver and support a hardware and software platform that will help manage key functions in the central call path of the network. HP will be supplying three key elements:
- the HP cx2600 64-bit rack-mount server, a carrier-grade version NEBS Level 3 Certified) of HP’s commercial rx2600 server, a part of the HP Integrity server family which utilizes Intel Itanium processors. The common platform for both telephony and IT networks will give Motorola added flexibility;
- the Linux operating system, with carrier-grade features in line with OSDL specifications and hardened to meet telecom standards; and
- the HP OpenCall Radio Signaling Controller solution, a version of HP’s implementation of the Signaling System 7 industry standard that handles all call signaling and connection in the core network.
Motorola will integrate its own high-availability middleware and application software with elements of the HP platform to create the core infrastructure for its iDEN network, which will utilize the HP Integrity cx2600 server running Linux, and the Motorola CDMA radio access network, which will utilize all three elements of the HP platform. http://www.motorola.comhttp://www.hp.com