Network Implementation Services

Aricent's network implementation services include:

• Network Integration
  Network deployment is one of the most complex tasks that need meticulous execution. It includes setting the correct network configuration, ensuring optimum parameter settings and testing the functionality of standalone network elements. Aricent has worked on numerous network integration projects for all the Tier 1 OEMs.
• System Integration
  Different Aricent teams specializing in various technologies and sub-systems can integrate the network elements of different sub-systems to ensure overall system functioning. Aricent covers the entire telecommunications network space, with specialized consultants in each domain including RAN, Core, IP, Transmission, Backbone, ASN, CSN, OSS and BSS for wireless and wireline networks.
• MVI Multi-vendor Integration
  With best of breed solutions coming together to form networks, it is highly likely that the sub-systems are from different vendors, increasing the complexity in the network. Seamless service delivery across multi-vendor network sub-systems requires a high level of expertise in the integration phase. As a solution partner to most of the Tier 1 and 2 communications vendors, we can address various multi-vendor integration requirements.
• Program Management
  Aricent offers program management services including the selection of vendors, issuance of purchase orders, delivery and supply chain management, warehouse management, site delivery and actual implementation on an end-to-end turnkey basis. Our program management service ensures that the operator is able to manage the overall network without hiring additional manpower resources that might not be required on completion of the network implementation phase.
• Contract Management
  Multiple vendors are given their respective responsibilities during the implementation phase. Aricent contract management services ensure that the commitments and terms and conditions signed by these vendors with the operator are duly met. These commitments include supply and delivery of equipment and software, site setup activities, rollout, timely implementation, escalations if any, site survey, acceptance, invoice signoff etc. Aricent's pool of experienced global contract managers is a trusted asset for contract management of large network implementations.
• Network Acceptance Testing
  Pre-launch network testing is a critical activity for any network deployment. It is imperative to rigorously test the various network features, inter-working, message flows, throughput, connectivity, coverage and overall network quality so that faults are rectified before a full commercial launch.
  Aricent focuses on end-to-end testing and offers the tools, expertise, automation, labs and other infrastructure required to ensure a fault free commercial launch. As a CMMI Level 5 and TL9000 certified organization, we have senior consultants and experts to assist the operator in achieving a level of quality at par with the best in the industry.
• Service Testing
  Testing from the end user perspective is the key to measuring subscriber quality of experience. It is critical to test the service levels for voice, data and video services with multiple handsets and varying levels of loading to understand the quality of service delivery. With thousands of automated test cases and infrastructure for simulating different network scenarios, complemented by expertise in handsets, Aricent ensures that our customers stands apart from the competition in terms of the quality of services being offered by their networks.
• End-to-End (E2E) Testing
  Aricent offers true end-to-end network assurance that guarantees an adequate level of service delivery for the entire network.