NI Deployments [339]: BASE [Belgium] Selected MyCOM OSI for Performance Management

MYCOM OSI announced that its "NIMS-PrOptima™ service and network performance management platform has been selected by BASE Company to manage the end-to-end performance of its network BASE Company is a major mobile operator in Belgium that focuses on offering the best voice quality and fastest 3G network to its subscribers. 

When it decided to standardize on a single network performance management solution as part of its Next Generation Performance Management (NGPM) project it required a solution that was independent of network equipment vendors, provided rapid time-to-market for network equipment changes and was easy-to-use with industry-leading functionality.

As the solution is provided as a managed service by Comarch, NIMS-PrOptima was chosen for its high performance and reliability to meet Comarch’s stringent service level agreements with BASE Company". 

See "BASE Company selects MYCOM OSI for Next Generation Network Performance Management" - here.

DSC Deployments [322]: BASE Company [Belgium] Selected F5

F5 Networks announced that ".. BASE Company [formally KPN Belgium] —best known for its consumer-orientated mobile services brand, BASE, and one of Belgium’s largest telecom providers—has selected the F5® Traffix® Signaling Delivery Controller™ (SDC™) to meet subscribers' increasing demand for data. 

Last year, BASE Company became the second operator in Belgium to launch 4G for its customers, providing them with much higher speeds to optimize user experience while watching video and consuming rich media".

Ben Volkow, VP, Product Development, F5 said: “Our Diameter-based SDC has proved itself in more than 50 installations [see "F5: We are Starting to See Policy Enforcement Wins; Tremendous Progress with Traffix Diameter" - here] with leading operators across the globe. One of its prime roles is to enable operators to manage the huge increase in signaling messages that typically occurs with LTE technology, primarily due to consumer behavior with smartphones”.

In Q2, 4G at BASE Company was also made available in Brussels. End of Q2 4G is offered in more than 700 cities, towns and villages, equaling approximately an outdoor population coverage of 55% of the Belgian population.

BASE 4G Map 

 See "BASE Company Selects F5’s Diameter Signaling Delivery Controller to Provide Optimal LTE Customer Experience" - here.