Case Study: Tier‑1 Mobile Operator achieves 12x concurrent connections, 22x connection rate and 80% power reduction with F5 Networks carrier‑class firewall

Tier-1 Mobile Operator Secures Its 4G-LTE Environment Using F5 Carrier-Class Firewall

Tier-1 Mobile Operator, a large global communications provider, was struggling as explosive 4G‑LTE growth and increasing smartphone, tablet and M2M traffic overtaxed legacy firewalls—causing scalability, performance and security gaps across its data centers and Gi‑LAN. To protect its all‑IP environment and sustain services like VoLTE, DNS and video, the operator engaged F5 Networks and its carrier‑class firewall solutions (VIPRION chassis and BIG‑IP/AFM appliances).

F5 Networks deployed VIPRION 4800 chassis, BIG‑IP 5200 devices and BIG‑IP Advanced Firewall Manager (with BIG‑IQ) across the network, delivering a 10:1 footprint consolidation, ~80% power reduction and seven‑fold scalability improvement. The F5 solution increased throughput by about 20%, supported 12x more concurrent connections and 22x higher connection rates, while enabling multilayer DDoS mitigation and a lower total cost of ownership.