Dublin, IRELAND – May 15th, 2013 – CommProve, the leader in real-time cell awareness, is today announcing a LTE network monitoring expansion contract in South America with TIM Brasil worth $1.2million.
 
“We want to be able to provide to our customers a very good data service both on 4G and HSDPA+ so that they don’t need to worry about technology layers and commercial offers as our 4G service is at the same price as our 3G service. Not only for professional but for every kind of usage, the quality of the mobile data connection is a key factor for people that are demanding the same kind of experience they have as with fixed broadband,” said Carlo Filangieri, CTO of TIM Brasil. “We need to strictly control the performance of our service; this is why we are extending CommProve’s monitoring technology to our new 4G network.”
 
“We’re delighted to be continuing to work with TIM Brasil in the region to provide tangible business benefits including improvements in RAN network congestion,” said Emanuele Vespignani, VP Sales Southern Europe & LatAm, CommProve. “Today’s announcement re-enforces the recent successes we have had in the region. It demonstrates the abilities of CommProve’s network monitoring portfolio and the company’s investment in the region.”
 
CommProve’s solutions enable mobile network operators to analyze financial performance, quality of experience and network performance information so that they can more effectively improve financial performance with a clear view to customer satisfaction and network performance and vice versa.
 
As part of the deployment, TIM Brasil is deploying CommProve’s performance management platform, CommProve GSP, in its network. GSP captures statistical counters from across the monitored network and will then provide TIM with the aggregated information in a powerful data set for network management and optimization.
 
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Dublin, IRELAND – April 19, 2013 – CommProve, the leader in real-time cell awareness, has named Robert Muhaw to the newly created position of vice president, Professional Services. Muhaw, an industry veteran with experience at companies that include Anritsu and Precision Related Optics, brings more than 20 years of business development, sales and operational expertise to the CommProve leadership team. Reporting to CEO Dr. Lars Pedersen, Muhaw’s primary focus is to establish CommProve’s professional services organisation to ensure CommProve customers benefit from the company’s experience in enabling operators to control financial performance, quality of experience and network performance using real-time cell awareness.
 
“Robert brings a broad depth of business experience to CommProve and we’re proud to welcome him to the team,” said Dr. Lars Pedersen, CEO of CommProve. “He is a proven leader in developing new business opportunities and markets, and he has demonstrated that the ability to start up profitable businesses from scratch and can successfully manage complex product management projects. Our global customer base will benefit greatly from his extensive experience to maximise the solutions deployed in their networks today.”
 
Muhaw joins CommProve from Precision Rated Optics where he served as General Manager. He was responsible for setting up a new equipment and splicer business and, as part of his role, he recruited an indirect sales team of resellers and established a network of OEM partners world-wide. Prior to Precision Rated Optics, he was vice president of Global Sales and Operations at Critical Link and before that he was vice president of World Wide Sales at Anritsu.
 
“I am pleased to be working with such an innovative company as CommProve,” said Robert Muhaw, vice president of Professional Services at CommProve. “CommProve is already receiving great traction for its real-time cell awareness solutions, and I look forward to working with the team to build out a strong professional services organisation to leverage CommProve’s expertise, in the monitoring for example, of signal plane information. It is an exciting time at CommProve and I am thrilled to be able to contribute to the company, their mission and the solutions they create.”
 
CommProve witnessed solid momentum in 2012 with a fourth year running of 25% CAGR revenue growth; a substantially expanded customer base; a broader product portfolio as well as the announcement of key strategic channel partnerships in high-growth markets as South America.

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Dublin, IRELAND – March 12th, 2013 – With global mobile traffic growing 70% in 2012 a fourth-generation (4G) connection generating 19 times more traffic on average than a non-4G connection*, managing LTE network congestion and having real-time cell awareness are key challenges for operators. This is why CommProve is sponsoring the LTE World Summit being held this year at the Amsterdam Rai, from 24-26th June.
 
As part of CommProve’s sponsorship, CommProve will speak on the first day of the event, June 25th, at 15:20 as part of the Handling the Mobile Data Explosion Track on the following panel: Managing the proliferation of traffic in the network. The panel will consider such topics as how the increase of LTE services and devices is affecting congestion in the RAN as well as core network signaling, and also how service provision can be accelerated through real-time and efficient network traffic management.
 
“CommProve is supporting a number of our customers’ LTE networks, and we’re excited to be attending the LTE World Summit and to be sharing our knowledge and experience with all the attendees,” said Dr. Lars Pedersen, CommProve CEO.
 
Follow CommProve via Twitter @commprove or our LinkedIn page. To be kept informed about the conference follow @LTEWorldSeries.
 
*These statistics are taking from the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update

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Dublin, IRELAND – March 5th, 2013 – The importance of policy has never been greater as more data than ever is on the network through the deployment of LTE and the proliferation of connected devices. As a result of this trend, managing and monetizing data is a key challenge for operators and this is why CommProve is sponsoring the Policy Control & Data Pricing conference being held this year in Berlin, from 16-17th April.
 
As part of CommProve’s sponsorship, CommProve will be speaking on the following panel on the first day of the event at 2:30pm:
 
RAN and Capacity Management: How Can Operators Free Up Capacity?
 
The panel will debate how RAN and capacity management can best be deployed in the network to derive network congestion benefits as well as to monetize when use, for example, to deliver premium services.
 
“CommProve is market leader in real-time cell awareness and we’re pleased to be part of the Policy Control & Data Pricing conference again this year with its focus on how policy control can be used for both marketing and managing traffic,” said Dr. Lars Pedersen, CommProve CEO.
“The conference provides us with a great opportunity to meet with customers and partners, and to increase market awareness of our real-time RAN solution.”
 
Follow CommProve via twitter @commprove or our LinkedIn page. To stay up to speed on the conference follow #policycontrol.

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Telecom Personal selects NetLedge, CommProve’s next generation high-performance network monitoring solution

Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA – February 6th 2013 – As part of its network quality improvement program, Telecom Personal S.A., a leading mobile operator in Argentina, has selected CommProve’s next generation network monitoring solution, CommProve NetLedge. NetLedge is being deployed to not only optimize Telecom Personal’s network and to better utilize available capacity, but also to improve customer satisfaction.
 
“It’s becoming increasingly important to manage the customer experience on our network in real-time, and this is a key element of our network quality improvement program,” said Paolo Perfetti, Head of Networks at Telecom Personal. “We selected a CommProve solution to achieve this effectively as well as to further enhance the network performance for our subscribers.”
 
CommProve NetLedge will provide network monitoring as well as performance management support to ensure the measurement of network performance KPI’s. The solution will also perform advanced troubleshooting to track customer experience.
 
“We’re excited to be announcing Telecom Personal as a new customer for CommProve in Latin America,” said Emanuele Vespignani, VP Sales Southern Europe & LatAm, CommProve. “Today’s announcement is testament to the positive response we have had to our network monitoring platform. There is an increasing need for more powerful and more flexible network monitoring solutions that enable real-time premium services, and the our next generation solution meets the need.”
 
In addition to deploying CommProve NetLedge, Telecom Personal will also integrate CommProve’s performance management platform, CommProve GSP, in certain parts of its network. GSP captures statistical counters from across the monitored network and then will provide Telecom with the aggregated information in a powerful data set for network management and optimization.
 
CommProve NetLedge
CommProve’s real-time network monitoring probe-based solution is able to monitor a wide range of network interfaces including 2, 2.5G, 3G as well as LTE. The solution is a non-intrusive, passive monitoring solution with real-time analysis capabilities, powerful troubleshooting possibilities and a number of ready to use software insight applications that cover the radio access network (RAN) as well as the core network to enable operators to make the right decisions to maximize profit and protect revenue streams.
 
The network monitoring solution will be deployed this year. For more information on CommProve’s network monitoring solution visit here.

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Safaricom awards CommProve network management contract; leverages CommProve’s next generation network monitoring solution

Dublin, IRELAND – January 16th, 2013 – Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile operator, is looking to CommProve to improve its subscriber network quality of experience. As part of the agreement, CommProve will deploy its next generation network monitoring solution, CommProve NetLedge across Safaricom’s network. The deployment is scheduled for completion by the first half of this year.
 
“Safaricom has aggressive plans for growth and as we expand further in the region we need to further enhance the network performance for our subscribers,” said Thibaud Rerolle, Technical & IT Director, at Safaricom. “We needed to work with a company that has a platform that is able to enable network monitoring across multiple network interfaces including LTE and WiMAX to support our existing network as well as our future plans. Following an extensive evaluation process, CommProve’s network monitoring solution was identified as the best of breed solution available to meet Safaricom’s requirements. The CommProve solution is tried and tested in the market and is leading the way in real-time cell awareness.”
 
CommProve NetLedge and Insight applications will provide network monitoring across multiple interfaces for control and user plane in 3G, LTE and WiMax to ensure the measurement of network performance KPI’s, Quality of Service and the full utilization of the network. The solution will track customer experience and also perform advanced troubleshooting to enable Safaricom’s engineering team to complete issue identification and resolution in real-time.
 
“The last couple of years have been an exciting time for CommProve in Africa and we’re delighted to be announcing our newest customer in the region, Safaricom,” said Dr. Lars Pedersen, CEO of CommProve. “Safaricom is the leading provider in Kenya and remains focused on providing the best quality network for their customer. We are looking forward to working closely with the Safaricom team to assist them in achieving their goals.”
 
CommProve NetLedge
CommProve’s real-time network monitoring probe-based solution is able to monitor a wide range of network interfaces including 2, 2.5G, 3G, WiMAX as well as LTE. The solution is a non-intrusive, passive monitoring solution with real-time analysis capabilities, powerful troubleshooting possibilities and a number of ready to use software insight applications that cover the radio access network (RAN) as well as the core network to enable operators to make the right decisions to maximize profit and protect revenue streams.
 
The network monitoring solution will be deployed this year. For more information on CommProve’s network monitoring solution visit here.

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Dublin, IRELAND – January 9th, 2013 – CommProve has continued to witness solid momentum in 2012 with a fourth year running of 25% CAGR revenue growth; a substantially expanded customer base; a broader product portfolio as well as the announcement of key strategic channel partnership in high-growth markets such as South America.
 
Over the past year, CommProve’s revenue and order intake continued at a very strong pace, as a result of continued development of the business with current customers and several new multi-million dollar customer contracts in key growth markets in Africa and South America.
 
“2012 was another strong year for CommProve in terms of revenue growth, but also with the number of strategic customer wins we’ve enjoyed, as well as the expansion of our product portfolio with much expanded support, for example, for LTE,” said Dr. Lars Pedersen, CommProve CEO. “We’re looking forward to 2013 and continuing to work with our customers and partners to lead innovation in real-time network management.”
 
Other key milestones for CommProve in 2012 included winning the Broadband Traffic Management award for the “Most Effective Solution for Integrating RAN Awareness into Policy Management” and expansion of the CommProve Insight product portfolio with CommProve Video Insight and CommProve Voice Insight.
 
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Dublin, IRELAND – December 11th, 2012 – CommProve, a leader in real-time cell awareness for mobile networks, is today announcing that it has won an expansion agreement for $1.5M with a leading African operator. The expansion is part of the operator’s infrastructure update across its network and is focused on updating the network monitoring capabilities of the network.
 
The agreement will include updates to CommProve’s real-time data acquisition and mediation platform, CommProve NetLedge. NetLedge is deployed across their network to enable them to effectively measure network performance (KPIs) and to manage customer satisfaction.
 
“We’ve achieved a lot of momentum in South Africa this year with a new channel partner, Jasco Group, as well as the recent win with Cell C,” said Dr. Lars Pedersen, CEO of CommProve. “Today’s announcement is important as it demonstrates that we are continuing to support our existing customer base to further enhance their network monitoring capabilities as we expand the business in the region.”
 
The network expansion will be completed by the first half of next year.

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Represents Broadest Deployment of CommProve Portfolio Globally

Dublin, IRELAND – November 29th, 2012 – With the rapid growth of its network and the need to continuously improve customer satisfaction, Cell C is looking to CommProve, a leader in real-time cell awareness for mobile networks, to enable them to measure network performance (KPIs) and to control customer satisfaction. The CommProve solution will be deployed across Cell C’s network by the end of the first half of next year.
 
As part of the agreement, CommProve will deploy its real-time data acquisition and mediation platform, CommProve Netledge as well as CommProve Insight, its software application suite.
 
Cell C Chief Technical Officer, Joe Brittz, commented: “As we look to expand our network we need a view, independent from our vendors, of what is happening in our network to ensure the right level of customer experience. We selected CommProve for this as a result of their advanced solution and the professionalism of their team.”
 
The CommProve solution will enable Cell C to trouble shoot specific areas across both the radio access and the core layer of its network (2G-3G), providing protocol analysis as well as KPI reporting.
 
“Africa is a very important market for us and we’re excited to be announcing the win with the Cell C and expanding our footprint further in the region,” said Lars Pedersen, CEO of CommProve. “Ensuring a fast response to subscriber network issues in today’s mobile world is critical, especially as subscribers demand more and more from the network and we’re looking forward to working with Cell C to achieve this.”
 
For more information about the CommProve portfolio including CommProve Netledge and the CommProve Insight application suite click here.

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Award for the Most Effective Solution for Integrating RAN Awareness into Policy Management

Dublin, IRELAND – November 7th, 2012 – As part of the Broadband Traffic Management (BBTM) Congress Awards 2012, CommProve has been announced as the winner of the Most Effective Solution for Integrating RAN Awareness into Policy Management award. The Awards were introduced to recognize the innovation and achievements made by those in the traffic management industry.
 
“We’re really delighted to have been selected for such an important industry award for our real-time RAN congestion management solution,” said Lars Pedersen, CEO of CommProve. “A large number of operators are planning to implement some kind of congestion controls based on real-time monitoring and we have seen the level of interest increase substantially in recent months from partners and customers alike.”
 
The BBTM Awards are voted fir by an industry panel and include categories such as the Best Content Optimization Tool for Managing Video Streaming as well as the Best Signaling Solution for Traffic Management.
 
For more information on BBTM 2012 please visit http://www.broadbandtrafficevent.com or follow @bbtm_events.

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