ASIA : Sasken, a leading provider of telecoms software and solutions, today announced the widened scope of its 3G UMTS network software development services provided to network equipment manufacturers.

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Sasken will now provide a comprehensive range of UMTS protocol development, protocol enhancement, test support as well as product development services to network equipment manufacturers around the world, enabling them to get to market faster with their UMTS 3G solutions.

As a member of 3GPP since 1998, Sasken is closely associated with UMTS standard development, and is a world leader in developing protocol stacks for next generation UMTS mobile handsets.

Sasken has been working with leading network equipment manufacturers in network software development and sustenance services in the 2G and 2.5G standards for more than 10 years now. Leveraging its UMTS expertise and the extensive network software experience, Sasken is able to offer UMTS network software development services, thereby allowing customers to benefit from lower R&D costs, as well as faster-to-market, next generation product delivery.

“With the constant churn in standards, and tight resource and time constraints, it is often difficult for equipment vendors to allocate appropriate resources to keep pace with evolving standards and market requirements,” said Pranabh Mody, Vice President and Head of Sasken’s Networks Business Division. “With our comprehensive suite of UMTS network product development services, we can offer the right level of outsourced support from product architecture definition to final system and interoperability tests.” He added.