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Airtel and Viavi Release Joint Study on Impact of Smartphone Quality on Users' Network ExperienceBARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS – Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecommunications services provider, and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ: VIAV) announced they have jointly conducted measurement and analysis of 4G and 3G smartphone performance—representing over 8,000 smartphone models—crowdsourced using a big data approach from the live Airtel network, with the help of Viavi's location intelligence platform. The analysis was intended to evaluate variation in key performance indicators (KPIs) impacting user experience in various smartphone models, to develop a process for smartphone qualification using real-world quality of experience samples, and to provide manufacturers with data to improve future products. This initiative would shed light on smartphone quality and its impact on user experience, especially in an open market for devices. The study is available in a white paper co-authored by the two companies, and available at www.viavisolutions.com/sites/default/files/technical-library-items/bhartiairtel-wp-maa-nse-ae.pdf. Methodology A set of KPIs were selected to represent user experience based on smartphone performance. Viavi's location intelligence platform recorded measurements of these KPIs from smartphones representing 2.2 million unique subscribers in Delhi, the capital city of India. For each KPI, a benchmark was set to indicate the minimum performance expected. For a 4G smartphone to qualify, it should meet set threshold in 8 out of 12 parameters or KPIs (at least four each for 4G & 3G). 3G only smartphone would qualify upon meeting set threshold in 4 out of 6 KPIs. Key findings
"Airtel is committed to delivering an exceptional experience to our customers. Given the massive scale of customers served by our network, this study provides a 360-degree view on customer experience and generates insights for collaborating with device OEMs to serve the customer even better." said Abhay Savargaonkar, Director – Network Services (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel. "We are honored to partner with Airtel on such groundbreaking innovation in performance analysis," said Oleg Khaykin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Viavi Solutions. "To stay relevant in an evolving world, test and measurement must increasingly be able to move out of the lab and pre-activation test, and effectively monitor and assure the live network. As we found in India, this activity cannot stop at the network, but needs to account for individual devices as well." About Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 17 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed home broadband, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 368 million customers across its operations at the end of January 2017. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com. About Viavi Solutions
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