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Nokia to unveil NPO transformation service

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 26 Sept 2016
The NPO transformation service will free operators from many of their optimisation tasks, says Nokia's Dennis Lorenzin.
The NPO transformation service will free operators from many of their optimisation tasks, says Nokia's Dennis Lorenzin.

Nokia says it will unveil a network planning and optimisation (NPO) transformation service, leveraging its global planning and optimisation expertise and software tools to provide operators with greater agility to meet customer demand.

According to Nokia, the NPO transformation service will service global mobile phone operators, as they take advantage of the opportunities offered by 4.5G and 4.5G Pro on the path towards 5G. The service will enable them to simplify the network operations of multiple legacy radio technologies, reducing the time spent on network planning and optimisation by up to 40% while freeing resources to focus on proactive customer-centric tasks.

Dennis Lorenzin, head of Network Planning and Optimisation at Mobile Networks at Nokia, says the NPO transformation service will reduce operator complexity and provide a comprehensive view of operational performance and efficiency.

"By leveraging Nokia's global scale, tools and its wealth of expertise in network planning and optimisation, operators can take advantage of cost structures and technologies that may not otherwise be available to them. The Nokia NPO Transformation service offers operators a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to free them from many of their daily planning and optimisation tasks, allowing them to focus on their strategic business goals," explains Lorenzin.

With access to a plethora of automated technologies and analytics, he continues, Nokia can also provide operators with an in-depth view of network conditions over time, allowing them to move away from reactive, labor-intensive network operations to a more predictive approach.

According to Nokia, the service includes an operational assessment which uses value stream mapping and a task model, developed from the mobile phone manufacturer's extensive experience in conducting transformation projects with multiple operators.

The assessment provides operators with a clear view of their current performance, measuring variables such as productivity, capital expenditure, and the level of customer satisfaction. Armed with this data, Nokia can then work with an operator to define its goals in these areas and put in place a detailed transformation plan focused on roles, processes and tools, says the phone manufacturer.

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