Bridgewater Systems has added new functionality to its Bridgewater Policy Controller suite, becoming the first policy control vendor to support the requirements laid out in release 9 of the 3GPP.
The service now supports 3GPP PCRF release 7, 8 and 9. Going beyond the latest requirement to include subscriber usage information for volume-based service metering, Bridgewater has added multi-service metering based on application usage.
“Standards-based policy control is critical for the new usage and application-based service models operators are asking for to profit from mobile data growth,” Bridgewater senior vice president David Sharpley said.