Unwired opts for Allot to deliver QoS

Stuart Corner
Tuesday, 25 July 2006 07:40

Business IT - Networking

Unwired Australia is to use Allot's NetEnforcer devices in its new Melbourne network to perform deep packet inspection and provide QoS on its broadband wireless network by enabling real-time monitoring and dynamic control of bandwidth.
Unwired uses Allot's NetEnforcer AC-1000 units to perform this function in its Sydney network. Allot's press release quotes Unwired CTO, Eric Hamilton, saying: "The early adopters of our wireless service in Sydney wanted convenient access to VoIP calls and the Internet, anywhere and anytime...Allot NetEnforcer ensured that our service-delivery was consistent and dependable. When we decided to expand our wireless broadband network to Melbourne, there was no question that Allot solutions would play an integral role there as well. As we move to the WiMAX standard we expect Allot NetEnforcer to be an important component of Unwired's network ongoing."

However Unwired never delivered on its early promise to launch its own VoIP service on its network, instead (and much later) entering into an agreement  to resell the Freshtel service.

Allot claims that its Layer-7 deep packet inspection (DPI) and classification technology "enables service providers to match customer expectations and application requirements with enforcement policies that dynamically control available network resources," enabling service providers to alleviate network congestion and allocate "proportional bandwidth" to heavy users, such as peer-to-peer file swapping services.