AIRCOM International, the leading independent network planning and
optimisation consultancy, today announced that is has successfully
completed the integration of ZTE’s Netnumen M31 network management tool
and AIRCOM’s OPTIMA, the industry’s leading network performance and
service management tool. The interoperability will enable ZTE to rapidly
monitor its multi-operator networks across more than 135 countries.
Compatibility between the two network management tools will enable some
500 operators within ZTE’s commercial partnerships to monitor network
performance from a single management platform. As well as delivering
significant process efficiencies, the solution will also ensure networks
are monitored by a consistent set of KPI’s, automatically highlighting
network issues in near real-time.
“ZTE has established an excellent working relationship with AIRCOM and
it gives me great pleasure to announce that our tools have been
successfully integrated to work together,” said XU HAO, wireless OMC
Director, ZTE. “We will continue to share technical expertise and
provide ongoing support across Asia and the rest of the world to deliver
exciting, new, value added services to our customers.”
OPTIMA is part of AIRCOM’s ENTERPRISE suite of products and features a
multi-user environment that will allow ZTE to monitor networks from
multiple offices, departments and geographies. It has the ability to
identify issues such as sleeping cell sites that would previously go
unnoticed, ensuring ZTE’s operator networks will run at optimal
performance. The result is a dramatic reduction in OPEX, removing the
need for additional infrastructure investment.
Commenting on the deal, Nick Brown, Managing Director, Asia Pacific at
AIRCOM, said, “This is another significant development for AIRCOM. ZTE
is one of the most exciting new world equipment vendors and close
cooperation with them has enabled us to develop a network management
tool that will remain fully compliant with its continuous network
development programme. As a result of these successful integration
tests, AIRCOM can provide long term ZTE certification for our range of
network optimisation tools, which will be particularly important as 3G
rolls out across Asia.
“In times of economic uncertainty, it’s absolutely critical that
operators have the right tools in place to maintain an accurate picture
of their network and avoid unnecessary expenditure,” continued Brown.
“Quality of service and customer experience need to be continually
maintained, and I am confident our combined expertise will deliver
operational efficiencies to operators right across the globe.”
About AIRCOM International
AIRCOM is an independent provider of network and data management tools
and services. The company specialises in end-to-end network planning,
sharing, outsourcing and OSS optimisation for IP and cellular networks.
Headquartered in the UK with offices in 18 countries, AIRCOM has more
than 10 years’ experience across 131 countries for over half the world’s
mobile operators, including more than 3.5 million man hours working on
3G networks alone. Every day 19 out of the 20 top global operators
depend upon AIRCOM’s tools and consultants to improve the coverage and
customer experience for more than 1.1 billion subscribers.
AIRCOM continues to grow its customer base each year, offering advice,
training and support services, backed by high performance tools designed
to deliver real benefits for both subscribers and operators.
www.aircominternational.com
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