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The Alcatel-Lucent 1300 CMC Value Proposition

In today’s highly competitive and fast-moving telecom landscape, each step in migration to IMS must generate value immediately. The Alcatel-Lucent 1300 CMC provides immediate benefits in CAPEX and OPEX savings.

CAPEX SAVINGS

The Alcatel-Lucent 1300 CMC offers a competitive price through its integration of several element managers and, for operators with established Alcatel-Lucent 1000 S12 networks, enables extension to NGN/IMS management with a simple software upgrade. Also, a single interface minimizes the OSS integration costs.

This includes tools and processes for subscriber migra- tion. For the introduction of IMS, subscriber migration to a central network database, such as the Alcatel-Lucent 1430 IP Multimedia-Home Subscriber Server (IP-HSS), is key in minimizing the migration costs and the impact on subscribers.

NEW REVENUE STREAMS

By adding NGN/IMS capabilities to established networks, the Alcatel-Lucent 1300 CMC enables new revenue- generating services, thereby accelerating return on investment (ROI) and providing a future-proof network management solution.

OPEX SAVINGS

Integrated network management for the PSTN and NGN/ IMS significantly reduces OPEX, by about 40 percent compared with the costs of separately managing the PSTN and NGN/IMS.

For new NGNs, integrated management is the key to high network availability and rapid service provisioning. The intuitive user interface minimizes training costs for operators, reduces input errors and increases operational efficiency.

PROVEN NETWORK MANAGEMENT

The Alcatel-Lucent 1300 CMC and its predecessors, the Alcatel-Lucent 1360 Switch Management Center (SMC) for S12 switches and the Alcatel-Lucent 1300 Network Management Center (NMC) (1+2) for E10 switches, manage about 150 million terminations worldwide, from France to China and Australia to Portugal. Integrated alarm surveillance, hardened in numerous networks, guarantees maximum network uptime.

SMOOTH NETWORK MIGRATION

A common management platform enables network operators to add the NGN/IMS management capabilities of the Alcatel-Lucent 1300 CMC to their networks, ensuring a smooth PSTN-to-NGN/IMS migration for established Alcatel-Lucent 1000 networks and reducing service turn-up time.

A COMPLETE VALUE PROPOSITION

By generating value today and well into the future, the Alcatel-Lucent 1300 CMC provides a complete value proposition.

“Alcatel offers a very complete overall management umbrella for the 5020 Softswitch, as well as the other elements within its NGN Voice portfolio. The 5020 Element Management platform offers full FCAPS (Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security) support as well as seamless integration into Alcatel's 1300 Convergent Network Management Center (CMC), providing full operations and maintenance support for Alcatel's softswitch, gateways, and legacy PSTN switches, as well as interfacing to existing operational support systems (OSSs).”

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