Infosim and MTN Group, together with its Operating Company (OpCos) MTN-Nigeria have announced a strategic alliance for the implementation of network and service management solution, StableNet.
The solution will enable improved network visibility and automated management functionalities with a network management platform that is able to manage multiple vendors and technologies from a single user interface.
Part of the MTN Group, MTN Nigeria serves over 64 million people nationwide and in 2019 became the first network to conduct trials for 5G technologies in West Africa. The cooperation between Infosim and MTN is proceeding at a rapid pace, with Phase 1 already completed and the next phase well underway. MTN Nigeria has already been able to gain a comprehensive insight into their multi-vendor network, to quickly identify issues as the arise, and thus to considerably shorten troubleshooting times and services degradations.
MTN’s Group Global Sourcing and Supply Chain (GSSC) issued an RFQ in 2020, with requirements ranging from network visibility, discovery, and fault and performance management for their mobile base stations core network, optical (DWDM) and IP/MPLS, and Microwave network elements, along with the additional desirables of automated root cause analysis (RCA), topology and reporting.
StableNet has already been implemented in the MTN Nigeria core network and the extension of functionalities will be continuing in various phases.
Dirk Karl, MTN Group Executive for Procurement and Supply Chain
With StableNet we see an opportunity to implement a network management solution that delivers a high degree of automation, simplification and is able to manage a technologically diverse network infrastructure.
Dr. Stefan Köhler, Infosim CEO
We are proud to support the largest mobile network operator in Africa and one of the top ten mobile operators to improve network service availability and operate their network more cost efficiently.
