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MTN Nigeria, improves network securityand efficiency by 98 per cent with AdaptiveMobileAdaptiveMobile, the worldleader in mobile securityhas successfully completed amobile content filtering, antispamand anti-virus protectionproject with MTN Nigeria, enablingthe operator to protectits network and subscribersfrom undesired mobile contentthrough mobile handsets andmobile data-enabled PCs.The AdaptiveMobile NetworkProtection Platform is reducingnetwork load, protecting theoperator’s IP reputation fromthe growing threat of spamrelatedIP blacklisting and isreducing customer complaints.MTN is the largest mobilenetwork in MEA, and withover 40 million subscribers hasseen phenomenal growth inmobile Internet services.The collaboration withAdaptiveMobile is protectingsubscribers across all itsnetwork services to countercurrent and emerging mobilenetwork threats, as well ascombat the small number ofsubscriber numbers that werebeing hijacked by criminalgroups and used to send emailspam over the mobile network.AdaptiveMobile’s NetworkProtection Platform providesnetwork-based protectionacross a range of service bearersand is enabling MTN to:•• Drastically cut spam –AdaptiveMobile’s email andunique webmail filteringsolution is identifying 96%of email coming throughthe network as spam andblocking/quarantining asappropriate•• Remove MTN’s IP addresses••••from blacklists – the reductionin spam levels meansMTN is being removedfrom IP blacklists, enablinglegitimate users accessto services and improvednetwork speedsReduce customer care costs– the reduction in usersunwittingly sending spamacross the network andfreed-up network capacityis leading to a reduction incall-centre complaintsBlock access to illegalsites – users are protectedfrom unsuitable contentwhilst MTN is able to buildits brand image and meetlegislative requirements•• Identify the source ofviruses – AdaptiveMobile’santi-virus technology identifiesinfected handsets andPCs, enabling MTN to onsellsolutions to subscribersand make cost-savings onbandwidth“The roll-out of Adaptive-Mobile’s Network protectionPlatform is enabling us toimprove customer experienceand achieve significant operationalcost savings throughprotecting our network andour subscribers,” says ObinnaNweje, General Manager,MTN Nigeria. “As with manyoperators globally, the sharednature of mobile IP addressesmeans that attacks from unscrupulousspammers can havea huge impact on IP addressreputation and potentiallyresult in innocent subscribers’emails being unnecessarilyblocked.”“MTN is highlighting theAfricaCom Awards 2011 - Orange wins “Best New Service”Orange won the “Best NewService” award at theAfricaCom Awards 2011. Theawards gala dinner took placeon Wednesday, 9 November inCape Town, South Africa. Theawards are a unique annual celebrationof innovation and thehighest achievements acrossthe communications industry inAfrica. An independent panelof judges adjudicates.Orange won the “Best NewService” award for Surf & Pay,a service that aims to facilitateaccess to the Internet. Surf &Pay is a system for sharing andre-charging Internet access,designed for hotels and internetcafés that want to providetheir customers with Internetaccess using WiFi. It also allowsindividuals to share the costsof broadband Internet accesswith their neighbours, using apayment interface that is bothflexible and secure. Up to 20people can be connected to theservice, and each of them willpay according to the time andvolume consumed. The serviceis already availbale in UgandaMarc Rennardand will soon be launched inKenya; outside Africa, it is alsoavailbale to Orange customersin Armenia.Commenting after receiving theaward, Marc Rennard, ExecutiveVice President responsiblefor Africa, the Middle EastGareth Maclachlanvalue of addressing mobileInternet safety,” says GarethMaclachlan, COO, Adaptive-Mobile. “By using our solution,operators can differentiatetheir services for both consumersand enterprises whilstensuring a secure environmentfor their subscribers. Networkoperators across the world areincreasingly accepting a serviceresponsibility to subscribers,whether to protect vulnerableusers such as children, orto help corporates fulfil theirduty-of-care to employeesand it is organisations such asMTN that are forging the wayin keeping one step ahead ofthe criminals.”Tom Wrightand Asia at Orange said: "Webelieve that by developingproducts and services thatprovide widespread accessto the Internet and by offeringsolutions that are specificallydesigned for small andmedium-sized companies, wecan contribute to the economicand social development of Africaand the Middle East. Thisaward praises the quality ofthe work accomplished by ourteams in designing innovativeservices adapted to the Africancontinent.”40 www.teletimesinternational.comDecember 2011