Our network service intends to provide a customised solution for either building up a new network from scratch or for the expansion of an existing one. The service can also be used to review and re-design an existing network to ensure CAPEX and OPEX saving and a stable growth of traffic revenue. Our network design services portfolio includes:

• Radio Network Design for GSM, (E)GPRS, UMTS and WiMAX
• Access and Backbone Transport Network Design
• Core Network Design for GSM, (E)GPRS and UMTS
• Operations & Maintenance Network Design

We provide service assurance and network performance management solutions to telecoms operators, service providers, technology vendors and regulatory authorities. We also offer selected unique products to our customers to permanently enable their service assurance and quality management processes. Our valued customers range from niche players to the largest multinationals in the industry. Our services and solutions combine AGTECH expertise with world-class products to deliver exceptional value to our clients.The objective of the audit service is to provide operators with valuable information regarding the current network parameter configuration, and point out areas where future performance improvements can be achieved. AGTECH provides a low cost, remote-based auditing and benchmarking service of network parameters in accordance with the best practices. The benefit for the operator is access to experience gained from optimising other networks in finding optimal settings for network features.The process is done efficiently through our commercial software tool, PAMME, which compares current network settings to recommended ones, creates cell design data to change the parameters, and re-configure the network accordingly.Our network audit services portfolio includes:

• Access Network Audit
• Switching System Audit
• Data Network Audit
• Quality Benchmarking

AGTECH’s benchmark testing service (drive testing and user emulation testing) is offered to mobile network operators and telecommunication regulatory authorities. Independent benchmarking has become a key decision driver for operators to assess their customers’ experience relative to their competitors for both voice and data. It has also become an important tool in regulatory compliance management to provide objective information to other stakeholders such as government and public interest groups.AGTECH has unrivalled and internationally-recognised experience in delivering benchmark testing across all modern wireless technologies in diverse conditions and markets. Our rock-solid test methodologies and control mechanisms ensure an accurate result that offers a clear assessment of comparative service performance. Voice, data, VAS services, postpaid, prepaid, 2G, 3G, HSPA, LTE….AGTECH covers all the permutations you need.

Abraham Lincoln once said “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Planning a new radio network requires the same discipline – put effort into an optimal site plan and the desired end result (a quality network) will follow more easily.AGTECH uses industry-leading planning tools combined with hands-on experience in 2G, 3G, WiFi and beyond. We focus on delivering on the right service strategy to perform effective site planning. This includes site surveys using our automated Smart Site solution to ensure real-time integrity of survey data for nominal and candidate sites for both greenfield and existing site options.

A necessary activity when performing a network rollout or upgrade/vendor swap is immediate Single Site Verification tests on the sites in question. AGTECH has conducted Site Verification for thousands of 2G, 3G, and HSPA sites in countries across Africa. Our specific SSV methodology will be tailored to the vendor/operator needs that are relevant to the network.

A mobile network upgrade, rollout or frequency plan implementation always requires cluster and network acceptance testing. AGTECH offers this service to assist operators to complete their integration and acceptance testing quickly and effectively. Using the appropriate drive testing tools, NMS access and partnership with specialist Self Optimising Network solution providers, we offer a range of approaches and solutions to deliver the results operators need: an accurate and credible view of the necessary statistical Key Performance Indicators, drive test results and fault/exception event analysis to make a decision. These decisions have a significant financial implication.

RAN optimisation is an ongoing operational requirement for any wireless network. AGTECH delivers this as a service to mobile network operators and infrastructure vendors. Our commercial models are flexible – delivered on a time and materials basis or outcomes based with milestone payments – allowing us to align ourselves with the preferred engagement model of our customers.Our delivery capability includes the deployment of project management capability, Radio Network Optimisation engineers, data analysts, drive test resources, specialist tools and more.

AGTECH provides service and network emulation testing to mobile and fixed line operators. The services are designed for functional testing, performance testing and negative testing. In all instances the control plane and the data plane can be tested independently or in combination resulting in realistic real world testing performed in a controlled environment while realistic mobile user profiles are incorporated.

AGTECH provides market leading IP performance testing solutions to our clients. The available solutions can be used to test layer 2-7 networking and application devices of all types.For regression testing purposes an advanced test automation platform is available allowing the complete automation of the test equipment as well as the devices and systems under test.

AGTECH provides a number of solutions that are utilised to measure and monitor broadband and transmission services. Ensuring that a newly deployed service is ready for service, basic RFC2544 tests from a centralised location through to properly emulating end users to determine the expected customer experience and stability can be performed using the Ixia solutions.Deployed services can be constantly measured and monitored to ensure that the required customer experience is maintained on the commissioned service. To this end a combination of Ixia’s Active testing and SevOne’s network performance monitoring solutions can be used to measure all service assurance KPI’s.

Using the multitude of solutions available from AGTECH (including AGTECH’s in-house technical specialists), detailed analysis and fault diagnostics can be performed to identify and diagnose the most difficult of network and service issues that cannot be resolved by normal means.The fault diagnostics can take various forms including, but not limited to:

• Collection and analysis of network generated information.
• Emulation of load / traffic profiles triggering the network/service failure.
• Duplication of fault in a pre-deployment environment for evaluation and resolution testing.
• In depth analysis of test result to pin point the exact cause of the fault.
• Collaboration with Vendors to resolve identified fault.

AGTech’s performance improvement service analyses the general performance of the network to identify areas where special attention is required. The service provides a lexible on-site service for improving the system performance and subscriber perceived quality of a mobile telephony network. Our network performance improvement service portfolio includes:

• Access Network Improvement for GSM, (E)GPRS and UMTS
• Transport Network Improvement
• System Performance Review
• Core Network Performance Monitoring and Improvement.

The Project Management service involves close inter-working between business and technical workgroups. The service ensures that all workgroups are working in a coherent manner, liaising with the vendors on behalf of the customer to ensure that customer’s project objectives are met. The service covers detailed day-to-day planning and scheduling of activities for the project, taking into account project risks, implementing mitigating measures and detailed documentation of project activities and procedures.Our Project Management portfolio includes:

• Site infrastructure audits
• Software upgrades and feature activations
• Network rollout and upgrades

The outsourcing of Operations and Maintenance of site infrastructure is gradually becoming a viable option in reducing the OPEX needed to run a mobile network. AGTech’s O&M services are aimed at providing day-to-day support activities for network infrastructure and applications cost-effectively.AGTech oversees the following nodes and related interfaces:

• Core Network
• Access Network
• Transport Network
• IN & VAS systems

AGTech’s Network Strategy Consulting service supports operators in developing a cost-effective and practical network strategy aligned with their business plan and technology objectives. The service aims to align technical issues related to technologies and architecture, business imperatives such as driving down cost and increasing revenues, and internal processes.