Agilent Technologies Announces Telecom Cost Management Solution to Monitor Interconnect and Corporate Customers' QoS.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004 Operations Support System Ensures Maximum Performance of Partner Operators' Networks Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced a cost management solution that monitors signaling system 7 (SS7) data so wireline and wireless telecommunications service providers can measure the quality of service (QoS) delivered by their partner operators' networks. The Agilent OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. Traffic QoS Manager can also monitor home network gateways to manage and report on network performance, which is a vital component of profitable corporate service level agreements (SLAs). The system enables both real-time and historic reporting of network performance. By managing QoS in real time, service providers can react swiftly to failures or performance degradations in interoperator networks by re-routing traffic in the short term. The system's historical function enables service providers to monitor SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. targets for higher profit and provides accurate data to manage SLA compliance disputes. For a competitive edge in negotiating new interconnect contracts, service providers can accumulate data over the long term to assess the overall performance of each interconnect partner. "Using Agilent's system, a leading European service provider increased international call completions by 2 percent, adding millions of euros in revenue," said Tom Walls, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Telecommunication Systems Division. "We've given them the revenue assurance tools to select interconnect partners based on proven performance and to re-route traffic quickly when problems occur, generating increased customer satisfaction and additional revenues." Agilent's suite of revenue assurance solutions includes the following: -- Agilent OSS Traffic QoS Manager -- Interoperator QoS and SLA management solution that extends Agilent's existing revenue assurance portfolio into cost management, enabling near real-time and historical monitoring of QoS delivered by interconnected operators. -- acceSS7 AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team 7 ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. -- International interconnect, or interoperator, billing solution that enables service providers to collect data about other operators' usage of their SS7 signaling network and bill for that usage. -- acceSS7 Interconnect Analysis -- U.S. interconnect billing solution that monitors all inbound and outbound interoperator traffic to combat arbitrage and ensure maximum billing revenue. -- acceSS7 CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. 7 -- U.S. interconnect billing solution that enables service providers to collect data and bill for other operators' usage of their network. -- Agilent OSS Data Mining Toolkit -- Telecom-specific flexible analytic tool that uses OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. technology to enable business-critical decisions. -- acceSS7 Signaling Data Feeds -- Underpinning the Agilent revenue assurance solution portfolio, these proven tools provide a rich, accurate source of data in real-time to many Agilent, partner and customer solutions. -- Cerebrus(RE) -- Powerful fraud management solution integrated with Agilent's revenue assurance solutions that provides unique behavioral profiling using neural network neural network or neural computing, computer architecture modeled upon the human brain's interconnected system of neurons. Neural networks imitate the brain's ability to sort out patterns and learn from trial and error, discerning and extracting technology, now with pre- and post-activation subscriber risk-analysis capabilities. Agilent in Communications Agilent Technologies is a leading provider of components, test, measurement, monitoring and management solutions for the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . Agilent enables designers, manufacturers and service providers to accelerate the delivery of next-generation devices, networks and services. Agilent's broad set of solutions and services includes optical, wireless, Internet and broadband technologies that span the entire communications life cycle. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $6.1 billion in fiscal year 2003. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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