Scale profitable new services rapidly and reduce complexity
With the massive growth in demand for IP-based services worldwide, mobile operators, wireline carriers, and cable operators face constant challenges to scale infrastructure quickly, implement innovative new services efficiently, and maximize average revenue per user (ARPU).
F5 offers carrier-grade solutions that are used by all of the top 10 mobile and fixed service providers worldwide, and by every major cable company in the U.S. and Europe. The F5 Service Delivery Network provides a unified foundation with deep session intelligence, integrated services management, and dynamic adaptability to fit any service offering. You gain the ability to scale to meet growing demand, control infrastructure costs, reduce operating complexity, and quickly provision profitable, differentiated services.
F5 offerings
F5 has designed solutions specifically to address service provider needs and challenges, all implemented in a unified platform that acts as the single point of control for service delivery. F5 products are built on the shared, modular F5 TMOS architecture, which creates a very fast, low latency, full IP proxy. This unified delivery platform enables total and complete flexibility for managing service delivery throughout the provider network.
Implement Service Delivery
F5 helps service providers build a complete Service Delivery Network with solutions that work as the strategic point of control throughout the network. F5 solutions, including BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager and the iRules scripting language, take the trial and error out of implementing service delivery functions by providing built-in policies for advanced optimization, traffic steering, and other infrastructure solutions. And upon deployment, you’ll find service provider-specific forums, tips, codeshare, and much more on DevCentral, F5’s global user community.
In addition, F5 has strategic partnerships with third-party vendors that offer purpose-built applications for mobile carriers, such as video optimization, content adaptation, billing and charging, and more.
F5 Service Delivery
Business benefits of using F5 in your IP infrastructure:
- Reduced complexity and costs.
A unified IP architecture provides integrated functions such as IPv4/6 translation, secure DNS traffic management, TCP optimization, and integrated security to control operational and capital expenditures. - Improved user experience.
Carrier-grade high availability with fast failover improves uptime and maintains high levels of Quality of Service/Experience (QoS/QoE). - Rapid provisioning of new and tiered services.
Easier integration of new applications and services accelerates your time to market—and revenue. - Investment protection.
F5 helps you scale incrementally with no downtime and gain the versatility to migrate to a full IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture over time. - Worldwide support.
World-class, “follow the sun” support services ensure a four-hour, on-site response time worldwide.