CommProve Shortlisted for Global Mobile Award
Netledgee™ 3G Radio QoS in running for "Best Network Quality Initiative"
Dublin, 11th January 2007 - CommProve, the world-leading provider of mobile network radio Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring solutions, is delighted to announce that its Netledge™ 3G Radio QoS solution has been shortlisted by the GSM Association for a Global Mobile Award in the category Best Network Quality Initiative.
Netledge is the only permanent, network-wide monitoring system for 3G radio networks. It has been developed to identify poor levels of radio performance including coverage gaps, dropped calls, low data rates and inadequate voice quality. All these issues directly lead to subscriber dissatisfaction, reduced service usage & lost revenue.
Rob Conway, GSM Association CEO, said: "After twelve years, the standard and support for these Awards continues to rise, once again exceeding our expectations and reflecting the ability of the mobile and entertainment industries to not only impress but to genuinely surprise. The nominated entrants have survived the scrutiny of some of the industry's most discerning experts and truly earned their place in this year's exceptionally strong field of compelling products, initiatives and solutions."
UMTS is currently the most complex radio technology, with 2G/3G handovers & HSDPA providing further challenges that are not adequately monitored by existing quality management methods. Netledge makes every call a "drive test", capturing & analysing radio quality measurements from all active handsets to provide the most comprehensive service quality reports.
"We're delighted that the value that 3G Radio QoS can deliver to mobile operators has been recognised by the GSM Association's judging panel," said Adam Tarshis, VP Business Consulting at CommProve. "Radio quality remains a key concern for global mobile operators, both in a 2G and 3G environment. By providing a unique view of both networks and how traffic is shared between them, operators will be ideally placed to iron out technical glitches and enhance network QoS."
Netledge is the only OSS that focuses on the network area where most problems occur, the radio link. Netledge is the only method of measuring actual service quality experienced by 100% of 3G customers, 100% of the time, across the whole monitored area. Netledge costs considerably less than protocol analysers, making it cost effective to deploy Netledge permanently, network-wide. Netledge 3G Radio QoS can be integrated with Netledge 2G Radio QoS for a single view of how GSM and UMTS integrate.
