Radiator and NCINGA - working together towards customer success

 

 

 

While Radiator has hundreds of operator customers all over the world, we also have an extensive network of integrator partners providing turn-key solutions for our customers. One of these trusted integrators is NCINGA.  As NCINGA is known to provide technology transformations in frontier markets, they also provide Radiator AAA solutions to operators and carriers especially in the APAC area.

This collaboration has provided solutions to customers both for fixed and wireless AAA. In
different use cases, the main focus in the cooperation has involved integrating Radiator
solutions with different vendor environments and network elements. Radiator is used for
example when applying policy and control functionalities for end user data plans.

    “With Radiator, we were able to quickly deliver complex AAA implementations. It was easy
    to configure and extend to the customers need. The Radiator Technical Support team made
    it even easier to implement & support with prompt responses and guidance.” 

    -Kokum Randeni, VP Sales, Ncinga

One of the key elements in the working model has been the flexibility in Radiator licensing:
the components needed by the customer can be tailored to the use case and number of
subscribers. This way the ROI for the customer can be ensured as they can add new
features of Radiator to use when needed.

For the customer, the operating model is quite easy and straightforward: NCINGA and their
team of experts provide the first level support and integration consultation, and the Radiator
team provides the product-related 2nd level support and consultation related to Radiator
specific configuration and other needs.

Would you like to know more about Radiator and NCINGA?

If you are looking for a carrier-grade AAA server with flexible options for different use cases,
please do not hesitate to contact our sales team at sales(a)radiatorsoftware.com. For
NCINGA, please contact their sales team at www.ncinga.net.

Examples of Radiator use include carrier-grade AAA, Wi-Fi offloading, integrating Diameter
online and offline charging with RADIUS-based infrastructure, integrating RADIUS
accounting with Diameter online and offline charging and much more. On top of that, our
support team has wide experience of various carrier use cases in different environments.

Protecting user identity with Radiator SIM Pack

Nowadays, mobile operators use complementary network technologies to improve user connectivity. Mobile data traffic originally targeted for cellular networks can be offloaded to designated Wi-Fi hotspots, therefore relieving congestion in high traffic areas. By implementing SIM authentication with Radiator SIM Pack, customer experience is enhanced by seamlessly authenticating users and logging them into the Wi-Fi network.

Cellular networks use IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) as a unique identifier for every user of the network, which comprises 15 digits including the user's telephone number. When this identifier is sent by the device to the network, privacy can be compromised if the connection request is not encrypted. This encryption relies both on the operator's AAA server and the user device.

Starting from revision 2.5, Radiator SIM Pack supports IMSI encryption, also known as "Permanent Identity Encryption"; functionality specified in 3GPP document S3-170116: "Privacy Protection for EAP-AKA". This feature is already implemented by some of our operator customers to cover their AAA server encryption. Alongside device manufacturers such as Apple, who already implement identity encryption, permanent identity of the user is not exposed, increasing their privacy protection.

The latest release of Radiator SIM Pack is available for new licensees and for licenced customers with valid download access. To find out if Radiator SIM Pack suits your needs, you can contact us at sales@radiatorsoftware.com and a member of our sales team will be happy to assist you. You can also contact us to renew your support contract and get access to the newest release. A full history of Radiator SIM Pack releases is available on our website.

Radiator Carrier Pack revision 1.5 released!

We are pleased to announce that Radiator Carrier revision 1.5 has been released. The many upgrades and enhancements in the new revision provide even better support for different carrier infrastructures than before.

Detailed changes and upgrades in revision 1.5

• Added StreamServerUnix which allows to use UNIX domain sockets to connect to Radiator process. Integrator.pm in goodies shows an example how to create an integration interface which uses StreamServerUnix.
• Updated ServerDIAMETERTelco and DiaPeerDef to fully support TLS_* configuration parameters.
• DiaPeerDef now supports ReconnectTimeout parameter.
• AuthBy DiaRelay now supports newly added DiaPeerDef selector Peer-Auth-Application-Id which allows selecting next hop Diameter peer based on the Auth-Application-Id advertised in the peer's CER or CEA. Requires Radiator 4.20 or later.
• ReconnectTimeout and TLS support in DiaPeerDef requires Radiator 4.21 or later.
• DiaPeerDef and ServerDiameterTelco now support SCTP multihoming when Radius::SCTP bindings for libsctp are available. Multiple local IP addresses are bound when BindAddress or LocalAddress are configured for ServerDIAMETERTelco or DiaPeerDef, respectively. DiaPeerDef now accepts one or more SCTPPeer configuration parameter for connecting to multiple destination IP addresses. Requires Radiator 4.22 and Radiator Radius::UtilXS package.
• A number of code clean up and maintenance changes were done based on Perl::Critic and other tools.
• Information about Diameter connection establishment, termination and DiaPeer selection is now logged on INFO level.

Now available as new Linux packages

Similar to Radiator 4.22, Radiator Carrier Pack is now available as packages suitable for Red Hat, CentOS and Ubuntu. These packages are based on the best practices we have used in our deployments and they comply with the current Linux distribution packaging practices. For more info regarding the new Radiator packages, please see our recent blog. 

These new packages are now available at:

https://radiatorsoftware.com/products/radiator-carrier-pack/downloads/ 

As these are new packages, we are interested in any feedback you may have on the package design and installation. If you have any ideas, suggestions, feedback or questions of the new  packages, please do send them via this package feedback form or via email to support (a) radiatorsoftware.com.

Radiator Carrier Pack is now known as Radiator Service Provider Pack.