About SQUARETEK
Squaretek, a telecom consulting company that has developed expertise in engineering, training and software integration of telecom equipments and networks. With a strong telecom and protocol background, our telecom engineering team has acquired during the last 20 years a significant experience and expertise in protocols, especially in wireless networks, ranging from SS7 to GSM, GPRS/EDGE and UMTS networks. Our engineers built this strong experience through their active participation to key projects at many of the leading telecom providers labs : Nokia, Alcatel, Siemens and Tekelec/Catapult. Squaretek also provides professional training sessions in the field of protocols and network architectures for several telecommunication operators and training centers in Middle East and Africa. Since March 2003, Squaretek has extended its scope of activities by developing software solutions designed to increase the value of corporate information systems, such as CRM and SMS based services.
A pool of technical skills
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Implementation and testing of telecommunication protocols
- more than two years experience in the development of Tekelec/Catapult MGTS products and their integration with telecom vendor equipments : development of testing scenarios based on state machines implementing 3GPP standards as well as vendor-specific features
- protocol analyzer and load simulator operation and use expertise: Tekelec/Catapult MGTS platform, Tektronix K12xx, Nethawk
References : product integration GSM/GPRS Abis stream for Alcatel (Velizy, France) and Nokia (Espoo, Finland), testing of UMTS Iu interface for Siemens (München, Germany), upgrade of GPRS Gb/Gn protocol stack to release ETSI SMG32 for Tekelec/Catapult, product integration with SS7oATM Compaq node (Nice, France), feasibility study to upgrade MGTS towards EDGE standard for Catapult NDB
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Software development
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w-Board, a solution for CRM and PUSH/PULL services by SMS, issued from a strong expertise in SMS protocols on Air interface /SMPP and information systems
- design and implementation using object-oriented techniques (C/C++/C#) on Windows, UNIX and vxWorks platforms
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References : Mobinil, Business Documents, Discovery Informatique, Editions Profil, Fatales/Nocibé, Sud express, Baguette & Baguette, Société Jomâa/Fix N’ Go, SFBT/FP7, Sotuchoc/Label, ADA, GEISER, Club87006, NG Trend
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GSM network engineering
- expertise in QoS control on Air interface during capacity extension and optimization phases, assistance to elaboration of technical offers (drive tests, GSM audit)
References : Tunisie Telecom, Network Expertise Tunisia
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Training in protocols and telecommunication networks)
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elaboration and customization of training courses on request
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courses covering a wide range of standards : SS7 signaling, ATM, SDH, Intelligent Network, next-generation networks, voice over IP, GSM/CDMA protocols and engineering, 2.5G and 3G mobile standards (EDGE, UMTS)
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References with telecom operators : Sudatel (Sudan), STC (Saudi Arabia), Benin Telecom/Libercom (Benin), Sahelcom (Niger), Togo Telecom/Togo Cellulaire (Togo), BIDC Lome (Togo), Siemens Jakarta