1. Expansion with more specialized employees From the beginning of 2021 to its end, the amount of IPLOOK employees keeps increasing.
IPLOOK has cultivated a great deal of talents, and explored more potential professionals in overseas and domestic this year.
IPLOOK also constantly develops more offices in various areas, which means we are bracing ourselves for a larger, stronger and more global team.
At the last month of the year, we moved into our new head office with a greater office environment to kick off the new year.
2. Professional for joining authoritative organization in telecom industry As one of the advocates of advancing 5G and 6G technology, IPLOOK is honored to make contribution to the telecom industry with all our efforts. Therefore, IPLOOK became an official member of GSMA, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) in 2021.
Joining these organizations, IPLOOK is actively involved in the development of Telecom Standards and constantly develops innovative technologies through continuous exchanges and learning with other experts
In the first half of 2021, IPLOOK even joined hands with China Mobile to jointly launch the white paper of『5G-Advanced to promote the evolution of 5G-Advanced technology』.
3. Opened and cooperated with diverse industry partners IPLOOK is open to a global partner ecosystem.
In 2021, IPLOOK built up long-term cooperative relationships with several companies after completing the successful interoperability test, providing more cutting-edge and pragmatic mobile core network solutions for our customers at a low cost. After the successful validations, the mobile core network products are qualified to be deployed commercially with high performance and high reliability in the telecom market. · Successful Interoperability Test between Red Hat and IPLOOK
IPLOOK has completed the IOT (Interoperability Test) on our standardized mobile core network products with Red Hat’s open source software solutions based on cloud-native services platform, delivering the best customer experience. · High-quality end-to-end 5G solution with IPLOOK 5GC and AsiaInfo International CHF
IPLOOK 5GC product has completed the IOT in accordance with 3GPP standard with AsiaInfo CHF. With the cooperation, IPLOOK can provide high performance and more scalable end-to-end 5G solution with billing products for operators. · IPLOOK EPC product has performed interoperability testing successfully with SigScale OCS The joint solution combines IPLOOK’ s LTE infrastructure equipment, IPLOOK 4G Core Network (EPC) and eNodeB, with SigScale Online Charging System (OCS). · Progressive Video Call of Customer Care Service by IPLOOK and Ribbon
IPLOOK made a successful 4G VoLTE, 5G VoNR video call of customer care by using IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) combined with Ribbon SBC (Session Border Controller). · IPLOOK Successfully Completes End-to-end 5GC Testing with Spirent
This significant collaboration demonstrates the successful full-scale testing between IPLOOK 4G/5G mobile core network (including 5GC, EPC and IMS) and Spirent’ s industry-leading simulated test platform in the real environment.
4. Innovative and customer-oriented by promoting new products IPLOOK always strives to innovate new mobile core network products and solutions to better meet the emerging demands from customers based on the diverse application scenarios. · The release of self-developed network element-N3IWF
IPLOOK’ s self-developed network element-N3IWF (Non-3GPP Interworking Function) has been released to enable access to non-3GPP networks.
The N3IWF with IPLOOK 5GC can support Satellite Access, implementing global coverage network by the integration of terrestrial 5G network and LEO satellite.
· The launch of all-in-one LTE platform - IKEPC 500 Series Combining MME, SGW, PGW, HSS, PCRF, IMS and DRA network elements in one X86 COTS platform, the new all-in-one core network platform -- IKEPC 500 series has launched to allow a broad range of deployment scenarios for WISP, CBRS and Private LTE Networks with low cost.
5. Globalized development for presenting at International Conferences As a professional mobile core network provider, IPLOOK is often invited to present at the International Telecom Conferences to explore new developments and technology trends in the telecom field, as well as spread the vision of “Connect everywhere and everything ”. · MWC (Mobile World Conference) 2021
IPLOOK showcased the end-to-end 4G/5G converged mobile core network solution at MWC 2021 in Barcelona which was held by GSMA from June 28 to July 1, which appealed to many customers to visit.
· PT EXPO China 2021
IPLOOK demonstrated its end-to-end 4G/5G/6G full-stack mobile core network solutions at the exhibition, including “LEO Satellite + Private 5G Network” and “End-to-End 4G/5G Converged Mobile Network” from September 27 to 29.
· China Mobile Global Partners Conference 2021
At the conference, IPLOOK showcased our simple, flexible and secure Private 5G solution, which aims to help operators and enterprises cope with the new challenges of 5G and meet the increasing demand of use cases and applications.
· MWC LA 2021 Virtual Exhibition
By virtue of the influence of COVID-19 pandemic, IPLOOK attends MWC LA 2021 Virtual Exhibition held by O-RAN ALLIANCE with a cloud-native, tailor-made, cost-effective, end-to-end 4G/5G converged mobile core solution for MNOs, ISPs and Enterprises.
6. Activated to build up one-of-a-kind corporate culture The corporate culture of IPLOOK is spirited and energetic. IPLOOK will held activities to celebrate the festivals or anniversary. For example, IPLOOK planed a surprising party to celebrate the Christmas on Christmas Eve; we also had an awesome three-day trip in memory of the ninth anniversary.
Moreover, IPLOOK pays attention to the healthy work-life balance and close teamwork spirit of our employees. Employees are encouraged to take part in all sorts of sport activities week by week, enhancing their physical and psychological fitness.
7. Qualified by winning authorized awards Winning authorized awards, IPLOOK was honored to be highly recognized by professional institution with excellent performance in the application of 5G.
With these awards, IPLOOK is encouraged to exert advantages at the maximum in the mobile core network field.
· IPLOOK' s 5G+ Smart Campus Solution has been selected as one of the "Outstanding Solution Cases"
In the 2021 annual ICT Cases Contest , IPLOOK 5G+ Smart Campus Solution was awarded as the Outstanding Solution Cases by ICT China High Level Forum.
8. Academic to attend workshops and seminars The rapid development of technologies pushes the ecosystem of telecom industry to evolve all the time. Under this circumstance, enterprises should keep on focusing on new technologies and develop themselves so as to create the win-win market for the digital future.
By actively communicating with industry partners, learning new trends in the market and collecting dynamic feedback, IPLOOK continues to improve the quality, performance, and reliability of its mobile core network products. · Hytera-IPLOOK 4G&5G Integrated Solution Workshop
Focusing on the future evolution, the aim of holding this workshop is to build more consolidated business relationship between IPLOOK and Hytera through deeper discussion of integrated products and solutions presentation from both sides. · IPLOOK presents at OpenAirInterface Workshop Fall 2021
Open RAN becomes an increasingly popular trend in telecom industry. IPLOOK exhibited Private 5G network solution integrated with LEO satellite in this workshop, and discussed the development of Open RAN with industrial partners.
9. Experienced with accumulated commercial deployment cases Sticking to the tenet of providing better products and services to our customers, IPLOOK will become more professional with experienced cases. In 2021, IPLOOK has explored more new business opportunities, accumulating many commercial deployment cases.
In December,IN Mobile, the fifth mobile operator in Mongolia, selects IPLOOK to deploy its commercial 4G Network in Mongolia, which initiated heated discussion in the telecom industry.
This year, IPLOOK has a lot of projects in pre-production. These good news will be announced in 2022
So here are IPLOOK’ s nine words in 2021. The story of IPLOOK will continue in the following years. Keep an eye out on our journey!
