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Massive investment choices lead to complex implementation programs. Multi-technology, multi-vendor, multi-department initiatives require discipline and insight in order to design and rollout with speed and accuracy. These Telcordia Consulting Services telecom case studies demonstrate what can be done.
North American Tier 1 Mobile Operator: Accelerate Metro Ethernet Backhaul Deployment
Goals
- Migration of mobile backhaul to Metro Ethernet to serve booming demand for high quality, cost-effective, mobile data services, while reducing cost and improving service quality and operating margins.
- Accelerate key planning and engineering processes to ensure rapid, consistent, cost-contained migration.
Solution
- Developed a comprehensive Metro Ethernet backhaul plan and detailed solution designs, including network equipment and capacity requirements and configuration and connectivity.
- Implemented a knowledge transfer program to enable self-sufficiency in planning.
Results
- Comprehensive plan covering network equipment, capacity requirements, hardware configurations, connectivity, IP addressing, service descriptions, resiliency, installation, and service testing and turn up.
- Quality plan completed in three months, ahead of target and meeting aggressive launch schedule.
- Expected savings of 30%-40% compared to TDM backhaul.
Eastern European Incumbent: Enable New High-Bandwidth Services with a Future-Proof OSS Architecture
Goals
- Transform a fixed-line and mobile services provider's existing OSS to reduce costs and enable new revenue opportunities.
Solution
- A 16-week engagement that assessed existing operations through in-depth interviews with >50 mobile and fixed-line IT, operations, and network SMEs.
- Created forward-looking OSS architecture views, including a target architecture, transition plan, data strategy, key performance indicator (KPI) assessment, and implementation recommendations.
- A detailed multi-million dollar business plan.
- Used global expertise and benchmarks to provide critical support to gain "buy-in" of multiple organizations regarding the rationale and benefits of the proposed program.
Results
- Board-level investment plan to improve corporate free cash flow by >10%, enabling new next generations services.
- Actionable OSS transformation program containing 15 actionable projects across the Planning & Engineering, Service Delivery, Service Assurance and Work Force Management domains.
- Average investment payback period of 3 to 4 years or less across the portfolio of projects.
Asian Tier 1 Service Provider: Future Proof Transition to Next Generation Networks
Goals
- To assess GSM/3G network rollout with respect to industry best practices for customer experience, scalability, architecture, standards compliance, and future proofing.
- To assess IP/MPLS, optical transport, and wireline VoIP networks, and align IPv6 migration plan with industry best practices.
Solution
- Provided comprehensive assessment and recommendations for GSM/3G radio access network, wireless core networks, service platforms, transport network, and IP/MPLS backbone.
- Adapted industry best practices for customer experience and network improvements.
- Performed a detailed review of IPv6 migration plan.
Results
- Identification of network opportunities for cost reduction with a net present value of over $85M.
- Recommendations for bringing new GSM/3G, SDH/DWDM, IP/MPLS, and VoIP networks into better alignment with industry best practices.
- Recommendations for IPv6 migration, including actions to reduce risk and associated CAPEX and OPEX.
