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InfoVista Wins 'Innovations in Networking' Category in Pipeline's 2013 Innovation Awards
PARIS & HERNDON, Va. --(Business Wire)--
InfoVista,
the global leader of IP and RF planning, assurance and optimization
software solutions, today announced that Mentum
Planet has won the 'Innovations in Networking' category in Pipeline's
2013 Innovation Awards.
Mentum (News - Alert) Planet is a next-generation wireless access network planning,
management and optimization solution that provides mobile operators with
the information they need to address all stages of their networks'
lifecycles. The solution enables mobile operators to deploy better, more
cost-effective and reliable networks in a multi-technology,
multi-standard and multi-vendor environment. Mentum Planet also includes
3D network design capabilities with unrivalled accuracy in propagation
modelling and network performance analysis, visualization and editing
for all cellular layers, across all environments.
Seventy-five companies were nominated in the
extremely competitive awards program, and a select group of
finalists were chosen and presented to Pipeline's exclusive
industry judging panel for final voting. The award judges included key
executives from top communications service providers (CSPs) around the
world, including AT&T, BT (News - Alert), Cox, Intelsat, TELUS, Turkcell and Yota, as
well as influential industry analysts. Winners were honored at a
reception last night at the start of TM Forum's (News - Alert) Management World 2013
conference, taking place this week in Nice, France.
Key Facts
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InfoVista acquired
RAN and wireless backhaul network planning and optimization software
provider Mentum in November 2012 in a move to strengthen its solution
set across the mobile network lifecycle and customer experience
domains. The synergy between the companies enables mobile operators to
better plan, operate, optimize and monetize their networks.
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Mentum Planet is a robust, easy-to-use software soluion that helps
mobile operators, integrators and equipment vendors plan, operate and
optimize wireless access networks. It supports all major wireless
standards, including LTE (News - Alert)-Advanced, LTE, WiMAX, EV-DO, HSPA+ and Wi-Fi,
and addresses all stages of the Heterogeneous Network (HetNet)
lifecycle.
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With the recent announcement
of version 5.6, Mentum Planet now includes advanced HetNet modeling
that allows mobile operators to pinpoint additional opportunities for
cell-edge spectral efficiency improvements and thus realize the full
capacity benefit of small cells. Furthermore, Mentum Planet 5.6
integrates with social platforms to allow mobile operators to identify
where users are active to aid their capacity planning and network
optimization efforts.
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Mentum Planet is currently being used by more than 150 mobile
operators worldwide, including TELUS,
MTS, KDDI, Zain and Inukshuk Wireless, with nearly 2000 global
users.
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This is the second consecutive year InfoVista has won the 'Innovations
in Networking' category in Pipeline's annual awards program. Last
year, InfoVista's self-service, network and application performance
dashboard, Vista360, was honored.
Supporting Quote
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"We are thrilled to again be named one of Pipeline's Innovation Awards
winners," said Bernard Breton, chief marketing and strategy officer,
InfoVista. "Mobile operators recognize the need to better plan,
deploy, assure and optimize their RAN and LTE networks in order to
keep costs low, performance strong and customers satisfied. But, many
don't have access to the appropriate tools to do so across all network
components. This award recognizes the important role Mentum Planet
plays, allowing mobile operators to define and execute successful
network performance management and putting them in a prime position to
achieve better ROI."
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Planet, operators, small cells, mobile, wireless, network planning,
assurance, network optimization, LTE, LTE-Advanced, capacity, Management
World, IP, RF, ROI, HetNet, capacity planning, RAN, backhaul, network
performance management
About InfoVista
InfoVista is the leading provider of IP and
RF planning, assurance and optimization software solutions and services
that enable efficient network and IT transformations. Our award-winning
solutions empower communications service providers and IT-intensive
enterprises to deliver high-performing and differentiated services,
while cost-effectively planning, operating, optimizing and monetizing
their networks. InfoVista's combined expertise and technology
innovations in radio and IP networks provide more than 550 customers
worldwide with a new level of network intelligence, visibility and
control across the entire network life cycle. Using InfoVista's
solutions, they deliver optimal quality of service, ensure a
high-quality user experience, invest appropriately and consolidate their
OSS/BSS ecosystems, while keeping total cost of ownership as low as
possible. For more information, please visit www.infovista.com.
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