Comverse introduced a new ultra-high capacity configuration for its mobile internet HUB platform to address the issues of growing mobile data traffic.

Comverse says that the new HUB is capable of handling tens of thousands of web transactions per second but requires only a single cabinet of front-end servers.

“With such applications as video streaming and file sharing driving up data consumption, operators today are challenged to meet skyrocketing traffic demands,” says Gabriel Matsliach, President of Products and Operations at Comverse, the world''s leading supplier of software and systems enabling value-added messaging and content services, converged billing and active customer management, and IP communications.

“By better using existing resources,” Matsliach said, “Comverse’s ultra-high capacity solution allows operators to delay expensive capital outlays and lower operating costs, while still knowing they can deliver superior mobile broadband service long into the future.”

The HUB is designed on blade-based server technology ensuring reduced cabling and power consumption.

“Mobile broadband traffic growth is already stretching network capacity and performance to the limits in many mature markets — and there’s plenty more to come,” adds Kris Szaniawski, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media. “Global mobile traffic is already growing at around 50 percent annually and will continue to ramp up over the next few years,” Szaniawski said. “By 2014 the total amount of traffic being carried by mobile networks will top 18 exabytes.”