NetCracker and NEC Corporation have announced that Russian CSP MegaFon has selected NetCracker and NEC Neva Communications Systems to implement comprehensive Operations Support Systems (OSS). The new OSS will enable MegaFon to centralise network resource management, accelerate service introduction, and improve service quality and customer experience for mass market services across all of its affiliates.
NetCracker’s OSS modules to be implemented for MegaFon include Resource Inventory, Outside Plant, Discovery & Reconciliation, Network Planning & Design, Service Order Management, Service Information Management, Service Inventory, and Service Activation solutions.
NetCracker and NEC Neva will deliver the Network Resource Inventory project as part of MegaFon’s initiative to build a global network operations center. This project aims to consolidate inventory databases and centralise infrastructure management. This will enable accurate management of network resources across all of MegaFon’s affiliates.
“MegaFon applies only the most modern technologies to its networks. Implementing the joint solutions from NEC Neva and NetCracker is the first step in MegaFon’s long-term transformation program. Implementing the joint solutions from NEC Neva and NetCracker is the next stage of a continuous effort to improve network and service quality for our customers,” says Igor Shirokov, Infrastructure Director, OJSC MegaFon.
MegaFon is Russia’s second largest mobile operator and fourth largest telecommunications operator. It serves more than 62 million subscribers in Russia as well as 1.6 million in Tajikistan, Osetia, and Abkhazia. The company offers 3G and 4G mobile services, fixed and mobile broadband access, and converged services, providing voice services to 83 regions across Russia and mobile broadband to 72 percent of the country.
