iPoque Launches PRX-PE Traffic Manager for Policy Enforcement

Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) for Policy Control in 3G & 4G Mobile Networks

Leipzig, May 11, 2010 – ipoque, German provider of solutions for Internet traffic management and analysis, today launched its new PRX-PE system for policy control, charging and value-added services. This addition to the PRX Traffic Manager portfolio is ipoque’s solution for 3G and 4G mobile operators.
PRX-PE is designed for seamless integration with third-party policy control and quota management systems. PRX-PE’s real-time identification of applications and protocols running in a network enables operators to enforce policy rules like bandwidth guarantees and limits, traffic quota and application priorities in order to avoid network congestion or to enable tiered pricing plans. It also features forwarding capabilities for selected application traffic to value-added IP service platforms such as parental control, anti-virus, anti-spam and image or video optimization systems. PRX-PE provides real-time subscriber usage data to external accounting, charging and billing systems.

Hendrik Schulze, CTO of ipoque, says: “PRX-PE creates a classic win-win situation between mobile operators and their subscribers. It enables the operator to enforce rules in real time and helps managing their growing mobile data traffic to maintain an optimal network performance. This leads to an improved mobile Internet experience for their customers, increasing satisfaction and reducing churn.”

Key Features of PRX-PE
•    Carrier-grade performance at 70 Gbit/s, 10 million packets/s and 7 million concurrent subscribers per system
•    High availability and full hardware redundancy
•    DPI accuracy certified by independent test lab: “Close to 100% detection & regulation accuracy”
•    Seamless integration with third-party policy, accounting and charging systems
•    Completely invisible to network users

About ipoque
ipoque is the leading European provider of deep packet inspection (DPI) solutions for Internet traffic management and analysis. ipoque’s PRX Traffic Manager allows network operators and Internet service providers to effectively monitor, shape, optimize, limit and control the resource consumption of network applications on a per-subscriber basis. The integrated quality-of-service (QoS) management functionality allows prioritization and optimization of network traffic to ensure the highest subscriber satisfaction and effective protection of the operator's infrastructure at the same time. ipoque's DPI engine reliably detects all relevant protocols and applications found in today's networks, including the most difficult-to-detect and proprietary protocols such as peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), instant messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP), tunneling, video and audio streaming, as well as many legacy applications.