Mobile operators face a dual threat to network performance, customer loyalty and profitability models. The first is the well-documented growth in the volume of mobile data traffic. The second is equally critical: a 'signaling storm' caused by the cumulative impact of connected device and application growth, personalized service plans, and an increasingly mobile subscriber base.

The New Diameter Network is the foundation for a successful mobile data business. It is comprised of control elements – policy servers, charging systems, subscriber databases, gateways, and session and mobility management equipment – that rely on the Diameter protocol to exchange network, subscriber, policy, and charging information. It provides a framework for managing this signaling storm and profiting from mobile data. Unlike outdated Diameter solutions such as load balancers and protocol converters that offer point-to-point transport of Diameter signaling traffic, the New Diameter Network offers the scalability, reliability, and flexibility required in evolving networks.