External consulting services can benefit your network engineering department, especially when OPEX in under scrutiny and increasing permanent staff count is difficult.
External network services can reduce time to market for a new technology, add capacity over a short duration when hiring permanent staff would be impractical, and can bring best practices from other operators into your engineering department.
With the 2013 purchase of AIRCOM International, a recognized leader in network services for almost 20 years, TEOCO gained a significant network services team and portfolio.
In the past 5 years, the organization has successfully delivered over 750 network planning projects and more than 800 network optimization projects in all corners of the globe.
Our offerings provide a number of unique differentiators:
- Independence from NEP’s means our planning efforts are not impacted by the equipment sales.
- A broad planning tools portfolio, including the ability to leverage geo-location measurements, provides capabilities unmatched by consultants alone.
- Global multi-vendor experience ensures we can share best practices from market leaders and our local knowledge ensures we are planning to market requirements.
- Off-shore capabilities provide cost-efficient and timely deliveries.
NETWORK PLANNING
A network design is the foundation for ensuring a high-performing network.
A poor design can lead to poor performance and many hours spent attempting optimization, often without success.
While designing and building greenfield networks is quite rare, network design is still an integral part of the network lifecycle as networks are continually expanded to match demand and new technologies become available.
We offer three primary categories of planning services:
- New technology deployment
- Network consolidation
- Small cell planning
We also offer greenfield network planning when required.
New technology deployment: You need to keep pace with the latest technology releases to maintain competitiveness and meet customer demand.
Adding a new technology, such as LTE, to an existing network brings significant technical and resource challenges.
Network consolidation: Mobile networks are going through a consolidation phase with many operators merging or signing network sharing agreements.
Both of these scenarios mean you need to consolidate two networks into one to realize the financial and performance benefits.
Small cell planning: Many operators see small cells as the most practical method for coping with spiraling data growth.
Due to their limited reach, however, placing them very close to the traffic is required.
Planning within dense urban environments also brings challenges.