Companhia de Telecomunicacoes de Macau (CTM (News - Alert)), a telecom service provider in the port city of Macau, has added two new facilities which will help the company to launch network convergence and diversified communication services. The new facilities include a Network Management Center (NMC) and IT Data Center.
CTM says that the company has been working with the objective of coping with the sustainable development of Macau and to fulfill that commitment, CTM has been investing in cutting-edge technology and strengthening the telecom infrastructure in order to further optimize its network service and meet the demands for the future development of telecom services.
Toward this end, CTM had initiated the MOP400 million (Macau Official Pataca, or about $50 million U.S.) “CTM Network Modernization Project” that launched last year. The new NMC is part of this project.
“The company will now be in a position to cope with the future introduction of network convergence services, as well as diversified communications services,” Declan Leong, vice president of network services, said in a statement.
As mentioned, the new NMC is equipped with a real-time network information display system and advanced network traffic management facilities to enable the CTM technical team to instantly grasp the conditions of the network performance and rapidly respond to abnormal situations, like network disruptions that recently affected CTM. Additionally, NMC is currently equipped with a technical team of 26 technicians to support the intensive operation. A crisis management center is also affiliated with the NMC for management team members to keep track of real-time network performance and make decisions when network incidents occur.
Leong emphasized that the new NMC will enable the company to not only manage services, but also have a panoramic view during surveillance.
About the new IT Data Center, CTM stated that with the launch of the new center, the capacity and efficiency of Storage Area Network will be further extended to cater to the needs of the MOP120 million “Convergent Rating and Billing System” announced last year.
Edited by Rory J. Thompson