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Thanks to DataTrends, Astellia integrates OMC data into its Performance Management System Astellia has launched DataTrends, a multi-vendor, multi-technology Performance Management (PM) data warehouse. It provides operators with very efficient means for trending analysis, reporting and alarming. DataTrends embeds Astellia telecom experience, giving very quick access to relevant information for network optimization and maintenance. The convergence of monitoring and OMC information in DataTrends will allow Astellia to provide operators with an unequalled network optimization and troubleshooting system through a very clear view of the experience of all their customers. Based on Astellia skills and expertise in mobile network performance, Astellia value-added KPIs and CDRs relying on probe monitoring combined with OMC statistics...
Astellia Monitors South American Mobile Networks Astellia is expanding in South America. From the beginning of 2008, Astellia won two main new customers there: one in Chile and one in Colombia. A large Operator in Chile appointed Astellia earlier this year to audit its GSM and UMTS (3G) network. The Astellia solution is compatible and complements the Operator’s internal tools. It gives the operational optimization team a complete picture of customers’ behavior and of the network QoS. That customer primarily appreciates the fact that a single non-intrusive and vendor-independent solution provides roaming statistics and information per handset type. With it, he can monitor the core and...
Astellia Benchmarks Handsets Based on Users’ QoE Voice & data services are pushed to the next level! Today, Astellia announced that it enhanced its 2G/3G “Handset Profiling” solution. By helping operators troubleshoot quality-threatening problems due to low performing handsets, the application enables operators to choose the best terminals to trigger enhanced mobile voice and data services usage. With the increasing number of mobile handsets and the swift development of multimedia contents launched onto the market, it is becoming increasingly important for operators to measure individual performance and ensure that terminals are optimized for high-quality voice calls, streamline web browsing, fast email access, and video streaming. The...
Orange Cameroon Addresses QoS of its Most Valuable Customers with the Astellia Monitoring Solution Orange Cameroon has taken the benefits of the Astellia solution for many years to monitor the Quality of Service of its GSM and GPRS network. One of the leading operators in the challenging Cameroon’s market is Orange. Ocean probes and the Cigale application suite used as the base by Orange to monitor and optimize its GSM and GPRS Quality of Service for both the BSS and the NSS part of the network. In parallel, Orange focuses on the roaming activity to increase roamers’ retainability and revenue. Daily KPIs and statistics on the network performance for roaming activity are analyzed using...
Telefónica selected Astellia to monitor its 2G 3G network Astellia was selected by Telefónica first in 2002 to supply GSM test equipment. In 2005, Telefónica complemented its monitoring system to adapt it to its 3G extension. Having the different Cigale software tools installed, they simply added STM-1 boards into the existing probes. Mr Juan Carlos Sequera, Access Networks Technical Support Manager by Telefónica, is telling us more about this collaboration. Can you briefly introduce your company? Telefónica is one of the most important telecommunication operators in the world present in Europe, Africa and Latin America . We totalized more than 212 million customers in June 2007, 45.2 of them...
Astellia optimizes neighboring for 3G cells Optimizing neighbor lists is the first crucial step to harmonious mobility in your 3G network. And Astellia offers operators business-oriented solutions to optimize them. Non-optimized neighbor lists lead to call drops and poor quality of service. The 3G neighbor list optimization feature in Cigale Iub is a pertinent decision-making support that proved its efficiency in the field, for example by lowering the call drop rate by 2 points. This optimization is performed in a 3-phase automatic process: · Analysis of subscribers’ true traffic taking account of their mobility habits, · Comparison between declared neighbors and effectively used neighbors, · Display...
Astellia is Expanding its Systems Solutions Astellia announced today the acquisition of an Orange Labs technology. This innovative solution permits automatic QoS diagnosis and optimization. New High Added Value Application Developed over the past few years by Orange Labs, the automatic diagnostic and QoS optimization technology can provide answers to faults identified in networks. It is an expert system, used to automate the diagnosis of quality or performance defects detected in networks by Astellia systems or devices supplied by other players in this sector. This centralized expertise has a number of benefits for a mobile operator: *** A major increase in the productivity of operational teams...
Broadband Takes Off: OnAir Brings Highdeal and Bull On-board for its Mobile Telephony Offer OnAir has chosen Highdeal, the world’s leading provider of Pricing & Rating solutions, to manage Mobile OnAir, its mobile telephony offer aimed at airline companies. Created in 2005, OnAir is a subsidiary of Airbus and SITA, a provider of IT solutions for the transporation industry. OnAir’s services enable passengers to use their portable devices (laptops, mobile phones and PDAs) as well as the airplane’s own equipment, to communicate just as easily in the air as on the ground. For this project, OnAir also chose Bull to create its information systems, including billing, reconciliation functions offered by Highdeal Transactive, support for...
FTS and Sandvine Revolutionize Broadband Access Business Models FTS (LSE: FTS), the leading provider of Business Control, Billing and CRM solutions and Sandvine Incorporated, a leader in Deep-Packet Inspection (DPI) based policy management solutions, have partnered to enable higher broadband provider revenues and customer satisfaction by revolutionizing broadband access into an exciting medium for new revenue-generating services. Today more than ever, customer retention is the basis for service providers' future success. Operators must deliver compelling and exciting services that bring customers an unmatched experience, thus increasing their satisfaction and loyalty. Furthermore, providers need to move away from competing on price and access speed and develop a truly sustainable...
Sonus Networks and ip.access Offer Fixed Mobile Convergence One Number, One Voicemail, One Call A Reality Demonstrated At CTIA 2008 Sonus Networks, Inc. and ip.access are answering the demands of mobile subscribers for an integrated approach to voice communication and opening up new revenue opportunities for both mobile and wireline operators through fixed mobile convergence. At CTIA 2008, Sonus Networks and ip.access will be demonstrating a complete broadband mobile convergence solution that combines the Sonus mobilEdge™ Wireless Access Node with ip.access’ Oyster 3G™ femtocells and nanoGSM® 2G picocells. The solution integrates cell phones into enterprise communications systems for business customers, and supports innovative “connected home” features for home...