Agilent Technologies Closes $14.5 Million OSS Order With Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Tata Teleservices Ltd.; India Service Providers to Combine Network Operations Into Centralized Network Management System.PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced a $14.5 million order with India's primary communications service providers Videsh Sanchar Nigam This article or section 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. Ltd. (VSNL VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (India) ) and Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTSL TTSL Tata Teleservices Ltd. (India) TTSL Total Time Spent Listening TTSL Trying To Supress Laughter ). The companies will use 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. solutions to form their centralized network management system (CNMS CNMS Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) CNMS Customer Network Management Service CNMS Consolidated Network Management System CNMS Compaq Network Management System ) located in Mumbai. The CNMS will manage the service providers' international and nationwide telecommunications services, ensuring high quality of service and optimal customer satisfaction while streamlining network operations. "We chose Agilent's OSS solutions as the base of our CNMS, given their comprehensive functionality and flexibility across proven global deployments," said Greg Young, chief technology officer, corporate, at TTSL. The $14.5 million deal includes Agilent OSS QoS Manager and NETeXPERT-based network management software products, services and support. Coupled with partner products, CNMS will be one of the most comprehensive end-to-end OSS solutions in the industry, covering fault, performance, configuration, security, inventory, trouble ticketing and work flow management. "Since Agilent is the largest provider of service assurance solutions and has one of the largest OSS customer bases in Asia Pacific, it is uniquely equipped to offer the efficiency, experience and expertise that service providers in this high-growth region require," said Naveen Bhat, vice president and general manager, Agilent OSSG OSSG Obesity Surgery Support Group OSSG Operations and Sustainment Systems Group (replaces SSG and SSG/BISA office symbols at Gunter AFB, AL) Asia-Pacific. "We are pleased that such prominent service providers as VSNL and TTSL have chosen our solution as the basis of their business-critical network management system." Agilent OSS in Asia-Pacific Agilent OSS in Asia-Pacific, with headquarters in Singapore, has offices in Australia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Singapore and Taiwan. Agilent OSS also has two primary development sites -- Agilent Technologies International, in New Delhi, and Agilent Technologies Software Co. Ltd., in Beijing -- which are key OSS product development locations. The company has experienced strong growth in Asia-Pacific over the past five years, engaging in more than 100 new OSS deployment projects at 30 customer sites. Agilent in Communications Agilent Technologies is a leading provider of components, test, measurement, monitoring and management solutions for the communications industry. 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 the world's premier measurement company and a 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 $7.2 billion in fiscal year 2004. 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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