[Update 26 - Tango Telecom] PCRF - DPI Compatibility Matrix

  

Tango Telecom was added to my growing list of PCRF vendors. Few days ago the company announced the "the general availability of Release 3 of the Tango Telecom Policy Controller (PCRF) with enhanced features to support 4G networks and deliver enhanced QoS control".

See "Operators set to beat the capacity crunch with Tango Telecom’s Policy Controller"  - here.

The Tango PCRF offers operators, across all types of networks, the following key benefits:

• dynamically manage fair usage of network capacity in real-time – maintaining quality of service for all subscribers
• protect subscribers from ‘Bill Shock’, enabling them to set personalised limits, controls and notification thresholds
• enable subscription, casual use and on demand packages
• provide real-time intelligent tiered service level plans – prioritising access for premium subscribers
• use deep packet inspection capabilities to enable the personalisation of services, plans and applications
• implement advanced subscriber managed gating features including parental control
• provide enhanced support for 4G technologies such as LTE and WiMAX

See more - here.

The company has partnership with other players in this space, including Comptel (here) - "Comptel Corporation acquired 20% of the company in March 2002, as part of a partnership and OEM agreement".

PCRF Vendor	PCRF Product	Allot	Arbor	Cisco	Procera	Sandvine
Alcatel-Lucent	5780 Dynamic Services Controller (DSC)
Alepo	3GPP Policy and Charging Rules Function
Aptilo Networks	4G service management platform
Aradial Technologies	Aradial Mobile/APC	●		●
BandWD	BwDRC - Dynamic Resource Control	●		●		●
Bridgewater Systems	Policy Controller/PCRF	●	●	●		●
Broadhop	Quantum Policy Server	●	●	●	●
Comability	ComAbility neXus			●
Comptel	Comptel Policy Control™			●	●
Cisco (Starent)	Policy and Charging Control
Digital Route	MediationZone Policy Control
EliteCore – NetVertex	Netvertex (PCRF)
Ericsson	Service-Aware Policy Controller (SAPC)
Flash Networks	POLICY MANAGER
FTS	Leap™ Policy Control	●		●		●
HP	HP Subscriber, Network and Application Policy	●
Huawei	Open Control & Charging Gateway	●
Kabira (Tibco software)	Policy Server			●
Mobixell (724)	X-treme  Framework Platform (XF)	●		●
Nokia Siemens Networks	PCS 5000	●		●		●
Openet	FusionWorks™ Policy Manager			●		●
Orga Systems	Next Generation Control Point
Redknee	Policy Manager (PCRF)			●		●
Roox	Smart Traffic Management
Tango Telecom	iAX™ Data
Tekelec (Camiant)	Multimedia Policy Engine	●	●	●	●	●
Telcordia	Telcordia Bandwidth Manager
Volubill	CONTROL-IT Policy Manager
ZTE	ZXUN RCP	●