Orange to deploy Enea’s traffic analysis, policy control solution in West Africa

Orange Cote D’Ivoire, an Ivorian service provider with more than 15 million voice and broadband customers, Tuesday said it is deploying the latest traffic analysis and policy control software from Enea.

Enea is a telecom and cybersecurity software provider, which serves over 100 telecom service providers globally. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

“The main focus for us is to run the best network and continue enhancing the quality of service for our users,” said Rolly Ehouman, CTO at Orange Cote D’Ivorie. “To succeed, we need data from powerful analytics tools. Enea is a proven supplier with whom we are happy to build a long-term relationship for advanced and innovative software that matches our needs.”

The telecom service provider said moving to a cloud-native architecture will “secure future expansions” and provide a more agile, secure approach to service delivery.

“The flexibility of Enea’s policy, classification, and analytics solution will enable Orange Cote D’Ivorie to continue delivering great quality of service in the face of an exponentially increasing demand for internet access,” said Roland Steiner, Senior Vice President, Network Performance and Applications, at Enea. “Using a cloud-native, scalable solution will help gain valuable insights for planning and performance management, cost effectively.”

Orange said Enea’s Dual-Mode Policy Manager provides “consistency and cost benefits” through a single, common subscriber profile, and can scale to handle real-time policy decisions for fixed access including fiber to home. The solution comes with virtualised deep packet inspection engine which enables telcos to enhance service assurance and secure data access.