Industry Expertise: How a Unified Resource Management Solution Supports Sustainability

Telecom providers can realize many business benefits by improving sustainability, including greater efficiency and cost savings. For example, replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy not only reduces a provider’s carbon footprint, it also significantly reduces energy costs and ongoing OPEX. While this may seem like a huge undertaking, providers can start small by simply limiting their use of fossil fuels and implementing the right … Continue reading Industry Expertise: How a Unified Resource Management Solution Supports Sustainability

Key Features and Benefits of a Modern Network Inventory Solution 

One of the most fundamental, yet often overlooked, components of an operator’s network management toolkit is network inventory. As service providers strive to stay ahead of the competition and deliver high-quality services, utilizing best-in-class network inventory management software is key to success. After all, network inventory management can affect the performance of the entire network operations system stack.   As discussed in the blog post “The … Continue reading Key Features and Benefits of a Modern Network Inventory Solution 

The Strategic Advantage of Utilizing a Modern Network Inventory Management Solution

Network assets, such as routers and cables, are a fundamental component of communications services offered to customers. Accurate network inventory therefore is crucial for maintaining reliable and efficient operations. These solutions are responsible for keeping track of all the physical, logical, and virtual components of a network including devices, connections, and network overlays. Yet, not every solution is created equal, and service providers often face … Continue reading The Strategic Advantage of Utilizing a Modern Network Inventory Management Solution

Mobile RAN Site Management: What to Look for in a Software Solution

As data consumption surges, mobile network operators (MNOs) are tasked with increasing network bandwidth and capacity demands – which means finding, planning, and bringing more mobile RAN sites on air. Operators know all too well the process of acquiring sites, evaluating candidates, and negotiating leases is cumbersome. When selecting a new site candidate, demographics, access to power supply, the line of sight or a backbone … Continue reading Mobile RAN Site Management: What to Look for in a Software Solution

The Benefits of Hybrid Infrastructure Management

Network inventory management is an essential component of any network operator’s suite of tools. From resource management and asset lifecycle management to service activation, network and service assurance management, and predictive maintenance – utilizing a comprehensive network inventory management solution is business critical. As networks continue to change and evolve, new demands are placed on network inventory solutions. Today, network inventory solutions must manage changing … Continue reading The Benefits of Hybrid Infrastructure Management

How Utilities Can Build a Reliable Asset Database

How Utility Telecoms Can Build a Reliable Asset Database: Part 3

The Importance of Smart Integrations As noted earlier, it’s critical that the services supported by each asset are also tracked. A complete asset register enables a single dashboard for utility telecommunications, which can yield increased efficiencies in terms of staffing for infrastructure operations such as network operations centers (NOCs). A single asset register also enables much stronger depiction of relationships among assets and services. By … Continue reading How Utility Telecoms Can Build a Reliable Asset Database: Part 3

Industry Expertise: How to Accelerate Fiber-Optic Network Expansions Through Geospatial Intelligence

Fiber-optic network expansions are necessary to support customer demands for faster Internet connections and higher bandwidths. To avoid common challenges that could arise during this expansion, it’s crucial to utilize a uniform data solution that supports georeferenced data about the existing and planned infrastructure throughout the entire cycle, from the high-level design phase through final operations. Through spatial reference, data from different sources can be … Continue reading Industry Expertise: How to Accelerate Fiber-Optic Network Expansions Through Geospatial Intelligence

How Utilities Can Build a Reliable Asset Database

How Utility Telecoms Can Build a Reliable Asset Database: Part 2

The Value of a Digital Twin To ensure a successful asset database synchronization, careful planning during the design of the asset database is required. The ideal asset management technology will have the ability to reflect infrastructure changes in its database as soon as they are made. Change control methodologies must include scheduled reconciliation, as well as immediate update of configuration databases, in real-time. Timing is … Continue reading How Utility Telecoms Can Build a Reliable Asset Database: Part 2