Case study

Technology roadmap grows capacity five-fold for integrated operator in APAC

Developing countries may possess low teledensity but as affordability of basic fixed and mobile services reduces, there is the prospect of substantial, sustained traffic growth. Capacity planning must optimise the deployment of new networks, and also ensure architecture sufficiently robust to allow smooth capacity growth.

Challenge: 

A successful new telecom operator had established a core network that grew from scratch to supporting 20 million lines. Although impressive, a five-fold traffic increase could be envisaged in the next few years. The operator had little idea about how the existing architecture would scale.

Solution: 

BT Advise for Communications provided a small audit team comprising two subject matter experts - one networks and one systems - who conducted in-country assessment and interviews, supported remotely by further experts in BT's organisation. It provided confirmation of those parts of the infrastructure that could scale and those requiring change. The team offered solutions to all highlighted problems.

Benefit: 

The client could pursue its growth plans with renewed confidence, noting what corrective actions were required, and secure revenue growth. It could prioritise its transformation plan based on the seriousness of problems found. It was found sufficiently valuable to extend the scope of the assessment into other areas such as security and customer service.

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Developing countries may possess low teledensity but as affordability of basic fixed and mobile services reduces, there is the prospect of substantial, sustained traffic growth. Capacity planning must optimise the deployment of new networks, and also ensure architecture sufficiently robust to allow smooth capacity growth.

Challenge: 

A successful new telecom operator had established a core network that grew from scratch to supporting 20 million lines. Although impressive, a five-fold traffic increase could be envisaged in the next few years. The operator had little idea about how the existing architecture would scale.

Solution: 

BT Advise for Communications provided a small audit team comprising two subject matter experts - one networks and one systems - who conducted in-country assessment and interviews, supported remotely by further experts in BT's organisation. It provided confirmation of those parts of the infrastructure that could scale and those requiring change. The team offered solutions to all highlighted problems.

Benefit: 

The client could pursue its growth plans with renewed confidence, noting what corrective actions were required, and secure revenue growth. It could prioritise its transformation plan based on the seriousness of problems found. It was found sufficiently valuable to extend the scope of the assessment into other areas such as security and customer service.

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Challenge: 

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Benefit: 

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Challenge: 

A successful new telecom operator had established a core network that grew from scratch to supporting 20 million lines. Although impressive, a five-fold traffic increase could be envisaged in the next few years. The operator had little idea about how the existing architecture would scale.

Solution: 

BT Advise for Communications provided a small audit team comprising two subject matter experts - one networks and one systems - who conducted in-country assessment and interviews, supported remotely by further experts in BT's organisation. It provided confirmation of those parts of the infrastructure that could scale and those requiring change. The team offered solutions to all highlighted problems.

Benefit: 

The client could pursue its growth plans with renewed confidence, noting what corrective actions were required, and secure revenue growth. It could prioritise its transformation plan based on the seriousness of problems found. It was found sufficiently valuable to extend the scope of the assessment into other areas such as security and customer service.

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Challenge: 

A successful new telecom operator had established a core network that grew from scratch to supporting 20 million lines. Although impressive, a five-fold traffic increase could be envisaged in the next few years. The operator had little idea about how the existing architecture would scale.

Solution: 

BT Advise for Communications provided a small audit team comprising two subject matter experts - one networks and one systems - who conducted in-country assessment and interviews, supported remotely by further experts in BT's organisation. It provided confirmation of those parts of the infrastructure that could scale and those requiring change. The team offered solutions to all highlighted problems.

Benefit: 

The client could pursue its growth plans with renewed confidence, noting what corrective actions were required, and secure revenue growth. It could prioritise its transformation plan based on the seriousness of problems found. It was found sufficiently valuable to extend the scope of the assessment into other areas such as security and customer service.

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Developing countries may possess low teledensity but as affordability of basic fixed and mobile services reduces, there is the prospect of substantial, sustained traffic growth. Capacity planning must optimise the deployment of new networks, and also ensure architecture sufficiently robust to allow smooth capacity growth.

Challenge: 

A successful new telecom operator had established a core network that grew from scratch to supporting 20 million lines. Although impressive, a five-fold traffic increase could be envisaged in the next few years. The operator had little idea about how the existing architecture would scale.

Solution: 

BT Advise for Communications provided a small audit team comprising two subject matter experts - one networks and one systems - who conducted in-country assessment and interviews, supported remotely by further experts in BT's organisation. It provided confirmation of those parts of the infrastructure that could scale and those requiring change. The team offered solutions to all highlighted problems.

Benefit: 

The client could pursue its growth plans with renewed confidence, noting what corrective actions were required, and secure revenue growth. It could prioritise its transformation plan based on the seriousness of problems found. It was found sufficiently valuable to extend the scope of the assessment into other areas such as security and customer service.

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