Case Study: Alcatel‑Lucent achieves support for over 60 million subscribers with MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition (MySQL)

Alcatel-Lucent uses MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition to handle over 60 million Subscribers

Alcatel‑Lucent, a global leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, needed a next‑generation subscriber database to handle explosive mobile subscriber growth, service convergence and demanding real‑time features (HLR, IMS, UMA, AAA). Its legacy proprietary system could not meet requirements for high performance, scalability to tens of millions of subscribers, flexibility, reliability and lower total cost of ownership.

After benchmarking multiple products, Alcatel selected MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition and completed migration in eight months, integrating via the high‑performance NDB API on ATCA hardware. The solution delivered the required real‑time performance, geographic redundancy and online schema flexibility, reduced cost per subscriber, improved margins and a clear upgrade path to a multi‑cluster architecture that scales to well over 60 million subscribers.

Alcatel-Lucent

Alain Chastagner

Systems Manager