O2 Optimizes its Irish 3G Network
Actix has announced that O2 Ireland has selected it's 3G performance engineering solutions, backed by Actix training and engineering services, to optimize its 3G network. O2 Ireland cited the maturity of Actix' solution including its ability to handle large amounts of data, comprehensive analysis functionality - both low and high level - and ability to be easily integrated into O2's existing tool set and infrastructure, as key to the selection.
Actix' Intelligent Wireless Performance Engineering solutions are entirely vendor independent and enable operators to analyze raw wireless network data from a mix of network technologies, systems and data collection solutions in fine detail. This gives an end-to-end picture of vital wireless functions and the quality of service delivery from the subscriber's perspective; it also enables engineers to 'drill down' to the root cause of any deficiencies.
Oliver Coughlan, Chief Technology Officer, O2 said, "After considering numerous post-processing tools, it became clear that Actix solutions were market leading. Both Actix' technical and sales staff were very professional and committed to understanding the specific issues we were facing to identify how best to be of assistance. We were working to a tight deadline and the early provision of trial licenses enabled us to get feedback from a wide number of our engineering staff. The clincher was its solution's proven track record in the field. We needed a post-processing tool that would fit in, work immediately and enable us to work intelligently and quickly. On top of this, Actix is delivering training, workshops and engineering services, enabling us to get more value out of the product, faster."
He continues, "A key benefit of Actix' solution is that it identifies problems immediately and indicates how they may be fixed. When an engineer identifies a new problem, the software can remember the proposed fix. Hence there is no need for other engineers to spend time trouble shooting issues should they reoccur. Actix' query functionality also enables us to build O2 network specific intelligence into our engineering operation, as well as enabling us to customize and automate the kind of reports we wish to view. Such tailored reports allow us to gauge the performance of a specific area of the network, whether that be for one cluster or an entire region."
Posted to the site on 22nd November 2005