The Challenges
Network operators today face greater business, operational and technical challenges than ever before. Bandwidth requirements are rising at an unprecedented pace, requiring continual investment in networks. And this hunger for bandwidth is sure to accelerate as the worldwide economy emerges from the recession. To remain competitive and improve ROI in this challenging environment, operators must introduce new services and improve time to market while avoiding high-cost, disruptive migrations.
ECI Telecom’s new portfolio of services and associated tools are specifically designed to help operators meet these challenges head on. All are part of our 1Net framework, which brings a complete range of innovative solutions and services, as well as a comprehensive suite of network management and network planning tools, for an optimized and simplified migration to NGN.
The Services
In direct response to customer demand, ECI offers the following new services under the 1Net framework:
Network Design
Optimize network performance. Assess and design an optimum network architecture that addresses today’s as well as tomorrow’s requirements.
Network Audit
Maximize network assets. Analyze and track changes in existing network elements to take back control over maintenance activities including physical equipment maintenance, software upgrades and spares management and storage.
Traffic Analysis and Optimization
Improve network resiliency and efficiency. Get the in-depth traffic analysis and optimization fine-tuning necessary for optimal network performance and investment protection.
These services can be implemented in two ways: (1) as a service fully managed and operated by ECI’s team of global network experts or (2) by the operator himself using ECI Telecom’s tools. When utilizing the expertise of ECI’s Professional Services team, operators are assisted in planning and optimizing their in-place networks, increasing network efficiency and reliability and reducing total cost of network deployment.
The Tools
To enable the delivery of these new services in the most efficient manner possible, ECI introduces three new tools as part of the 1Net framework. These tools provide maximum network design flexibility while reducing risks, enabling carriers to achieve maximum performance with minimum expense:
Network Design Platform (NDP) – A robust vendor-agnostic planning and operations tool that encompasses support for multiple technologies.
LightPlan OM – A WDM network planning, simulation and documentation tool that makes use of an advanced GUI to enable efficient and streamlined network planning workflows and views.
Site Planner – A site configuration and documentation tool for the entire portfolio of ECI Telecom products.
The Benefits
ECI’s services utilize a vendor-agnostic approach to enable flexible planning and optimization of networks with a single view of all deployed network layers, technologies and platforms. Our robust, innovative tools reduce the risks incurred when making changes to the network and enable operators to maximize the performance of their infrastructure with minimal cost, a key principle of 1Net.
Why ECI
You need a partner with the know-how, experience and tools to get the job done right…someone who can take a complex network problem, analyze it and produce a solution that works for you. ECI is that partner, delivering a wide range of network design and optimization solutions to meet your needs.
As the partner for growth for telecom carriers and service providers worldwide, ECI brings its 1Net framework to the market, for an optimal transition to more competitive networks.