Case Study AAA for Broadband

With Globberry’s AAA solution for
broadband, Kyivstar is ready for the
next phase of subscriber base growth

Steady customer-base growth in the fixed segment puts pressure on Kyivstar to maintain
infrastructure readiness.

Globberry facilitated the timely delivery of an AAA solution based on the Radiator RADIUS server, allowing the customer scale
numbers of sessions the infrastructure can support, and continue to deliver reliable, quality service to its customers in line with its leading position in the Ukrainian market.

Customer

Customer

As the largest Ukrainian telecommunications operator, Kyivstar provides communications and data services based on a broad range of mobile and fixed-line technologies, including 4G. The company’s customer base includes more than 26 million in mobile and more than 1 million in broadband internet.

Challenges

Increase in customer sessions was reaching existing infrastructure thresholds

IT infrastructure integration

Regulatory compliance with national security guidelines

Smooth transition to the new solution

6 months

project duration

4 migration integrations

implemented

1 million subscribers

migrated

The project was delivered on time in under six months. The Globberry team, in cooperation with Kyivstar, ensured a seamless and smooth transition to the new solution — with no downtime for customers. The project was an exemplary case of professional, productive, and effective cooperation between Globberry and Kyivstar.

Solution

The solution was based on the Radiator RADIUS server processing nodes, with Globberry Admin and Reporting UI for managing rate plans, subscribers, and sessions. It implements different authorization algorithms depending on access network equipment, is completely virtualized, and integrated into a complex multivendor environment.

The solution complies with carrier-level high availability and geo-redundancy requirements, and includes a comprehensive O&M suite utilizing proven open-source tools like Nagios, Prometheus, and Grafana to decrease time to market and reduce custom development costs.

Results

The solution is operationally stable and easy to maintain
The operational team received visibility down to the individual session level, as well as additional configuration tools
Customer growth is not constrained by the AAA infrastructure capabilities

2000 tps

solution capacity

>900K concurrent sessions

daily peak load