Fixed Mobile Convergence

Clearwire (News - Alert) Corporation, a provider of 4G wireless broadband services, and Alianza, a provider of cloud-based VoIP solutions, announced a four-year, hosted software licensing agreement.

Dow Draper, Clearwire senior vice president and general manager of Retail said in a release, “Alianza’s (News - Alert) proven expertise and track record in successfully deploying voice-over 4G wireless networks makes this relationship a natural fit for Clearwire.”

“Alianza’s one-stop shopping approach to VoIP service delivery is an ideal solution to Clearwire’s need for a turn-key, highly scalable, customizable voice platform that provides us with the opportunity to consider new consumer offerings previously unavailable to CLEAR,” Draper added.

According to officials this agreement entails that Alianza will be responsible for managing Clearwire’s voice products and services. Also Alianza is required to oversee day-to-day voice operations for Clearwire and supply all end-to-end software components of the hosted voice platform. This encompasses soft switch, application feature server, call rating, CPE provisioning, monitoring, security and end-user self-support tools.

Officials explained that the Alianza end-to-end voice platform features all back-office platform management, product management, and end-user support functions synergizing them into a single Web-based administrative user interface.

Besides several administrative functions that generally need manual processes are automated through Alianza’s robust API. This helps in reducing Clearwire’s overall management costs pertaining to the delivery of voice services.

Brian Beutler (News - Alert), chief executive officer at Alianza remarked, “We are excited to be a part of Clearwire’s strategy for delivering VoIP services bundled with 4G wireless broadband to customers across the United States. This is a key agreement for Alianza, and we are looking forward to providing Clearwire with the highest quality and most reliable voice services available.”

Diane Myers, directing analyst at Infonetics (News - Alert) Research revealed that this kind of hosted software agreement between Clearwire and Alianza is rich with near-term and long-term benefits for both companies. It improves system management, reduces upfront costs, and increases overall VoIP profitability.

Also, Alianza’s cloud-based VoIP delivery platform enables operators to benefit from best practices followed by operators across Alianza’s customer network for accelerating voice services deployments.