Kapsch CarrierCom to modernise Deutsche Bahn’s GSM-R network

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Deutsche Bahn (DB) has chosen Kapsch CarrierCom to modernise its GSM-R ‘core’ network technology.

Kapsch CarrierCom will migrate the world’s largest GSM-R network to the new 3GPP release 4 technology.

The order is currently worth approximately €15 million and the contract was signed at the end of July.

Kapsch CarrierCom will implement the technology migration together with Deutsche Bahn by mid-2014.

The company has a long-term successful partnership with Deutsche Bahn and already supports Deutsche Bahn’s GSM-R network, which is the world’s largest GSM-R network.

By using the new technology platform, Deutsche Bahn will significantly save costs over the entire system life cycle. Furthermore, this project enables Deutsche Bahn to migrate the entire network step-by-step to IP technology as well as to introduce new applications in the near future.

Horst Kaufmann, Kapsch CarrierCom’s GSM-R Sales Director, said:

“With more than five million daily railway passengers and more than one million tons of goods transported daily, Deutsche Bahn is one of the world’s largest railway companies. We are extremely pleased that Deutsche Bahn relies on Kapsch CarrierCom for the migration to the innovative 3GPP release 4 technology.

“Due to our long-term co-operation, we understand Deutsche Bahn’s operational and organisational requirements very well. Consequently, we can quickly and safely implement this important migration.”

Kapsch CarrierCom’s order encompasses the modernisation of Deutsche Bahn’s entire GSM-R Network Subsystem (NSS).

The network subsystem is responsible for all switching requirements in the GSM-R network and provides access to other networks.

Kapsch CarrierCom will upgrade Deutsche Bahn’s GSM-R network to the new IP based 3GPP release 4 technology. The technology includes two modern geo-redundant Call Servers, seven Media Gateways (MGW), two Home Location Registers (HLR) and a modern Service Control Point (SCP).

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