The Client

A leading United Kingdom-based provider of software products and services that help connecting the Internet / IT domain and the Telecom domain and enable the telecom companies to offer a wide range of new services

The Business Challenge

The Network Gateway is an essential element that connects disparate networks and makes them work seamlessly together. It accomplishes that by providing a network abstraction layer that sits horizontally across network platforms such as switches, messaging systems, charging/rating systems and HLRs, and provides a common, standardized set of northbound APIs that simplifies the process of new services launch and delivery across multiple network protocols and platforms from different vendors. Services that are developed using these APIs are network-agnostic, i.e. the same services can be deployed across fixed and mobile networks, as well as within and between circuit-switched “legacy” networks and packet-based IP / IMS networks.

The client was faced with a tough delivery schedule for a new version of Network Gateway. At the same time, the rapid market expansion has strained the company’s resources to the limit. The decision was made to look for an outsourcing partner who possessed the required expertise, had excellent track record and was located in a similar time zone. Following thorough evaluation process, a number of Eastern and Central European vendors were selected. Finally, Luxoft emerged as a leader, thanks to its strong telecom expertise, impressive portfolio of accomplishments and geographic proximity.

The Solution:

Luxoft provides offsite and onsite software design and development of the product, while maintaining close integration between the client’s team and Luxoft development team. During the course of the project, Luxoft successfully accomplished the following:

• Set up effective and transparent communication with the client’s testing team in different geographic locations and time zones.
• Integrated offsite and onsite Luxoft teams into the client’s environment, while maintaining all the client’s production and development processes and testing tools.
• Created new software design documentation.
• Made integration and testing work with the carrier’s development team.
• Created user interface design.
• Created WEB service and Excel automation parts of the application.