NWC News Network, Aug. 7 2008, 1330 hrs
Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel) has selected Oracle Communications Network Integrity to optimize the use of its 78,540-kilometre extensive national fiber-optic network. This is one of the first implementations of Oracle Communications Network Integrity software with such a wide scale and complexity.
Oracle's Network Integrity solution will enable Airtel to gain enterprise-wide visibility of network assets by discovering and synchronizing its actual live network with its various OSS. This automated solution will replace Airtel's burdensome manual process for assessing and reconciling its network utilization with its network inventory information.
"The new network discovery and reconciliation product will greatly enhance Airtel's network utilization and enable us to further improve provisioning accuracy with reduced errors — all leading to improved customer satisfaction," said Jai Menon, director, Customer Service & IT, Bharti Airtel Limited.
While on the occasion of completing 10 years of relationship with Oracle, Menon also added, "We have been using Oracle's technology, business applications and communications- industry applications for 10 years now. We have some successful stories while using Oracle's ERP and CRM solutions Now, we will be leveraging the best practices to our emerging businesses like retail and insurance of Bharti Enterprises. The idea is to take the Oracle –Bharti Airtel relationship to the next level."
"Our deep relationship with Airtel gives us an opportunity to deploy cutting-edge communications software products in the rapidly growing Indian market," said Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications.
Oracle is Airtel's most strategic software partner and has been a significant provider of Business Support Systems (BSS) and Operational Support Systems (OSS) to the telecom leader since 1997. Oracle is a key component of Airtel's Service Delivery Platform infrastructure that already touches its 72 million customers. Airtel has a large amount of inventory data. By providing improved data accuracy between the live network and OSS, Oracle Communications Network Integrity will help Airtel improve service-provisioning capabilities and further optimize its capital expenditures for its extensive national network.
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