VAS Assurance

With the commoditization of voice, operators are increasingly looking towards Value Added Services (VAS) to boost their top-line growth and profitability. The evolution of a new breed of VAS offerings (such as Mobile Advertising, On-Device Portals etc.), the strong emergence of mobile OS platforms (such Android), and changing user behavioral patterns have added to a sense of urgency for mobile operators worldwide and opened up a brilliant growth opportunity for other ISVs  in the VAS ecosystem.  

This opportunity however, requires that both the operators and the ISVs scale up to a level beyond what they are currently equipped to handle. Some of the challenges they face include:

• Networks have become more complex as a result of network evolution, new nodes, and integration requirements with core-services such as OSS/BSS
• Significant growth in number of devices and in VAS services results in an exponentially increased number of test scenarios

ISVs typically do not have the bandwidth to support these assurance requirements without affecting their development initiatives. As for the service providers – quality assurance on all service elements is always among their top priorities.

With its rich offering of VAS Assurance Services that allows operators and ISVs alike to reduce the risk and costs involved in deployment of new applications, Aricent creates value by providing a scalable model for testing. Our VAS Assurance services are an integral part of the VAS EXPress.

We have a unique VAS testing practice of more than 800 engineers who work on comprehensive third party testing of VAS applications and handset devices before they are made commercially available.

	Reduce expenses and development time by as much as 40% for your VAS Applications

With over 17 years of prolific telecom experience encompassing hundreds of projects in development, integration and testing of stacks, frameworks and network nodes for handsets, networks, applications and technology platforms, Aricent is best suited to help you test your VAS networks and applications.

Our portfolio of VAS Assurance services is depicted below.

From a functional perspective, Aricent has the expertise to test and certify your networks, devices and applications for VAS Service deployments

• Network Testing
  • Protocol testing
  • Interoperability testing with live network elements
• Application Testing
  • MMI testing
  • Mobile content delivery testing
  • Mobile client application testing
• Device Testing
  • Network service compatibility testing
• Regulatory and Certification Testing Services

Aricent has also developed several proprietary tools and frameworks that enhance the effectiveness of the testing process, such as ATEE (Automated Test Execution Engines) for mobile handsets and STATE (Network Message Flow simulator) for end-to-end testing of services in a controlled environment.

Benefits

• Deep domain expertise in the VAS Assurance space – Aricent has developed comprehensive domain expertise in the VAS Assurance space through years of proven experience in testing. We have over 800 experts focusing on this area
• Lab testing facilities – With over 100,000 sq. ft. of lab space dedicated to our testing services, Aricent possesses the necessary test equipment from all the top network OEMs
• Proprietary tools and test cases – With over 35,000 pre-created test cases, and state of the art, in-house test automation tools like STATE and ATEE, Aricent can help reduce your budget and time spent on VAS applications by as much as 40%
• Performance based managed testing model – Aricent offers the performance based managed testing business model, allowing you to reduce risks and costs pertaining to the testing process