Innovation Lab

Massive advances in mobile devices and connected consumer electronics, new wireless broadband technologies like Femtocell, WiMAX and LTE, and – most importantly – a wave of Web 2.0 and cloud-based services are driving the significant evolution of OSS / BSS implementation by carriers. This is not without its challenges. 

Aricent’s Innovation Lab is aimed at helping service providers overcome a number of significant challenges, including:

• Integrating and commercializing new SOA enabled OSS / BSS solutions based on COTS platforms: To meet the huge growth in the subscriber base, operators (particularly green field operators in emerging markets) look for cost effective, pre-packaged solutions that are highly scalable. Aricent’s proven solutions can be implemented quickly and offer the flexibility to tweak business models.
• Deploying 4G: As operators look to deploy the latest 4G technologies like WiMAX and LTE, supporting and experimenting with new business models is a key requirement that demands a highly flexible OSS / BSS system. Aricent’s lab provides a flexible, cost effective way to determine the feasibility of new technologies and solutions that involve multiple vendors.
• Delivering and monetizing Web 2.0 and cloud-based services: As carriers look to open up their network and embrace cloud services by offering SaaS solutions, they need to partner with external vendors to integrate network APIs to deliver next generation context aware services like location based social networking, mobile gaming etc. There is a critical need for creating a back office infrastructure that that makes it simple for third  party application providers to monetize and roll out services.

Aricent’s Innovation Lab Capabilities

Aricent’s Innovation Lab provides access to a large number of experts in various OSS/BSS technologies besides proven processes and state-of-the-art infrastructure.

• People
• Access to a global pool of talented consultants who not only understand business processes, but are also technical experts
• Process
  • Pre-integrated and pre-tested reference architectures
  • Recipe books for implementation; detailed documentation on system integration pain points, technology briefs and business processes in OSS / BSS  area that are used during project execution
• State-of-the-art Infrastructure
  • Dedicated lab infrastructure that comprises multiple COTS platforms
  • Partner products – ConceptWave, Granite (Telcordia), BRM and SOA Suite from Oracle, HP OpenView

Key Benefits

• Accelerate time to revenue – You can reduce integration and deployments times by up to 70% by choosing the best solutions through Proof of Concepts and implementing the final pre-tested reference architectures
• Reduce integration cost and complexity – Leverage Aricent’s facilities, equipment and lab investments, deep domain expertise, and trained personnel to reduce OPEX and CAPEX
• Ensure interoperability of multi-vendor solution components – Custom demos and PoCs ensure that all solution components are pre-integrated and pre-tested prior to actual implementation

Why Aricent?

• Expertise – Deep domain expertise in off the shelf OSS / BSS partner products, and their integration challenges
• Focus on communications – With nearly two decades of working with the leading telecom service providers and OEMs across the globe, Aricent’s expertise extends across all aspects of the telecom ecosystem, from chipsets to network infrastructure, and deployment to OSS / BSS systems
• Pre-packaged software and frameworks – Aricent offers an array of OSS/BSS software and frameworks along with system integration capabilities for wireless, wireline, cable, satellite, and convergent communications companies