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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Telecommunication Small cells Network performance monitoring Software-defined networks |
| Founded | Istanbul, Turkey 2004 |
| Founder | Bulent Kaytaz |
| Headquarters | İTÜ Ayazağa Kampüsü, Teknokent Arı 3 Binası, Kat:6 34469 Maslak Sarıyer Istanbul, Turkey |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | See products listing |
| Website | www.argela.com |
Argela is a multinational corporation based in Turkey that develops communication technologies mainly for the telecom, public safety, and defense sectors.[1] Founded in 2004, it was acquired by Türk Telekom in 2007. It is headquartered in Istanbul.[2] Argela also has branches in Sunnyvale and Ankara.
Argela's products include Femtocell, fixed-mobile convergence, IMS/IN Applications, service delivery framework, three-screen TV services and performance-monitoring tools[3]
Argela's iTV is an Internet television service distributed via the Internet. It allows the users to choose the program or the TV show they want to watch from an archive (VoD, TSTV) or live from a channel directory. iTV is future-safe as internet bandwidth tends to increase in the near future. Tivibu[4] is one of the field-proven applications that has attracted 110,000 users in its first month[5] using Argela's iTV solution. iTV service won the 2011 IP&TV industry award for Best IP TV, Hybrid or Connected TV Service Growth Achievement by reaching one million subscribers in first year.[6]
Argela ADz-on consists of: ADz-on-Voice, ADz-on-Messaging, ADz-on-TV, ADz-on-Internet and ADz-on-VAS, and Adz-on Ringback Tone Advertising.
Argela's fixed-mobile convergence solution offers an extensive set of SIP clients: Web, PC, iPhone/iPod, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android and Blackberry. Tuitalk[7] is a free Voip client made by Argela. It allows users to call landlines and mobile phones via Wi-Fi. The application was released in 2008 for Windows and Mac OS X. WIROFON service won the CommsMEA “New Telecom Service of the Year” award [8] was also another application launched by Türk Telekom, later the software was also embedded in LG mobile devices. The campaign became a success with 20,000 device sales in only two weeks.[9]
Argela’a Service Control Platform (SCP)[10] is the platform where multiple IN services can be deployed, including ICS(Intra Call Service), Ring Back Tone (RBT), Mobile Virtual Private Network (MVPN), Anonymous Call Rejection (ACR), Smart Call Termination (SCT), Virtual Mobile Attendant (VMA).
Argela's IMS Application portfolio[11] includes Multimedia Ring Back Tone (M-RBT), Sponsored Call (SPC), Collect Call Service (CCS), 3rdParty Call Control (3PCC), Virtual Subscription (VS) and Centralized Service Management Platform.
Argela's Service Delivery Framework(SDF) [12] based on Argela's Multiplay Service Delivery Platform(MSDP) promises rapid uptake of new services leading to ARPU and total revenue increase with automated service and partner management capabilities. Automated business processes reduce OPEX and re-use of infrastructure reduce CAPEX.
Argela's monitoring tool dedicated to Prepaid subscribers; Prepaid Watcher has mechanisms to watch over and measure operators pre-paid systems.
