Telecom Network Infrastructure Management

Comarch Telecommunications Infrastructure Management – Full Control of Assets During Their Whole Lifecycle

For more than a quarter of a century, new versions of Comarch Network Inventory Management systems have been supporting telcos in their technological transformations.

Today, its mission is to support telecommunication service providers in:

Implementing cost optimization strategies and maximizing profits from infrastructure investment through complex automation of processes from planning to rollout and provisioning
Delivering tools supporting 5G expansion in all telecom domains, including core, transmission, radio, and fixed access
Transforming consumer communication providers and carriers towards fully digital telecoms for runtime management of networks comprising both virtual and physical resources

Telecommunications Infrastructure Management delivers a single point of truth over convergent networks and multi-vendor passive and active elements of transmission (IP/MPLS, WDM, SDH, SONET, and more), RAN (2G/3G/4G/5G), fixed access (xPON/Copper/HFC), satellite links, mobile backhaul, mobile and fixed core. Support for virtual and hybrid networks enables runtime infrastructure service for hosting virtual functions and services in vEPC and 5G network slices.

In order to increase the effectiveness of network management, Comarch Telecommunication Infrastructure Management can be used together with Network Auto-discovery and Reconciliation.

Modeling and architecture are based on industry standards and best practices. Comarch Telecommunications Infrastructure Management delivers a standard centralized data model and Central Resource Catalog based on the TM Forum's Shared Information Data model (SID) and unified REST API (established on the TM Forum's Open API and the openness of the microservice architecture of Comarch OSS). Provides support for most of the technologies currently used by communication service providers. Ability to onboard new ones by configuration.

Key services of Comarch Telecommunications Infrastructure Management:

Physical devices and inventory
With its open central resource catalog based on TMF Frameworx and a library containing more than 19,000 device models and network components, Comarch Telecommunications Infrastructure Management delivers central network capacity management services for next-generation OSS solutions. It also provides specialized creators, resource templates, inventory and hierarchy views, and a standardized physical resource management REST API for all components of Comarch OSS.
Physical connections and topology
The product delivers toolsets supporting multi-segment cabling and patching for racked infrastructure, distribution frames, and multi-chassis devices. It manages cross-connections in complex devices as well as complete RAN and MW rigging. Validates connectivity with a graph topology calculation service for signal loss calculation, power and cooling budgets, and more. Provides automation of patching and terminations with built-in autocompletion and route-finder for operators (B2B/O) and carriers’ services.
Sites and locations
Manages inventory of buildings and other locations with their plans and structures using space management with an active floor plan, power and cooling management, and rack management with a live equipment view. Comarch Infrastructure Management unifies address management with configurable address schemas and geocoding. The product supports planning and keeps control of every transmission and access network node, RAN site, or point of presence. Secures critical infrastructure with advanced access control. It also supports technicians working on site by minimizing the risk of errors and providing warnings about potential hazards such as radiation or high voltage.
Geospatial inventory and network planning and design
In Comarch Infrastructure Management, all data and operations are available on the map in runtime, requiring no additional database, costly GIS frameworks, integration, or data model maintenance. The built-in GIS service based on the open layer library supports visualization of locations, engineering infrastructure, and connectivity in physical lnfrastructure layers and logical network and service trail layers and provides integration with third-party geoportal services via the open geospatial interface.

Benefits of Comarch Telecommunications Infrastructure Management:

Gain full runtime control of your assets’ performance throughout their lifecycle Comarch Infrastructure Management governs all technical assets to maximize the benefits of your network investments. In other words – it helps you monetize. Data about network runtime, its capacity, utilization, and planned actions can be shared in real time between network engineers, planers, technicians and analysts, providing them with information about the network’s current state in the most contextual and intuitive way, for example, by using inventory or network views, GIS view, hierarchy views, floor plans, rack views, and so on.	Improve customer experience By providing a comprehensive overview of multi-vendor, multi-technology, and multi-party network elements, Comarch Infrastructure Management ensures continuity of service provision and substantial enhancements in the overall customer experience. This is possible thanks to comprehensive topology support features with full visualization of facilities, connectivity, geospatial data, and information from digitally managed ecosystems.
Open up for new business opportunities and digital ecosystems Comarch Infrastructure Management expands the capabilities and coverage of your network by controlling accurate usage of bandwidth, leased lines, and devices. It provides infrastructure services, which, shared with your partners via automated APIs, introduce new opportunities for your digitally managed business.	Gain unlimited access to your network assets and capabilities Comarch Infrastructure Management operates in 24/7 runtime with your network microservice architecture and standard REST API, which means that information about your network is accessible all the time from any place within your digital ecosystem. This allows a much quicker rollout of new services.
Automate and optimize operations Automation and templating processes and operations in resource management domains such as planning and rollout, device swapping, moving and changing, and managing bulk and mass operations optimizes the usage of human resources and standardizes digitally managed processes in your organization.	Provide the highest security and operational continuity standards Protects your access to your digitally managed network services and access to critical infrastructure by implementing the highest security standards in inventory data access and modifications on the GUI, API, and BPM levels. Integrates all data needed for securing continuity of business operation, for example, relations between devices, connection topology, power supply, change management, and outage management.

Integrating Infrastructure Management with other OSS modules

Comarch Infrastructure Management acts as a single inventory and physical connectivity service for all components of Comarch OSS and for third-party services and systems in operators’ ecosystems.

To achieve the active and runtime paradigm, Inventory Management is pre-integrated with the Auto-discovery & Reconciliation service, which enables effective network management by providing a comprehensive and up-to-date insight into the multi-vendor and multi-domain network, and Field Service Management for manual insights, such as site surveys and site inspections.

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Comarch Telecommunications Infrastructure Management – Full Control of Assets During Their Whole Lifecycle

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Key services of Comarch Telecommunications Infrastructure Management:

Benefits of Comarch Telecommunications Infrastructure Management:

Gain full runtime control of your assets’ performance throughout their lifecycle

Improve customer experience

Open up for new business opportunities and digital ecosystems

Gain unlimited access to your network assets and capabilities

Automate and optimize operations

Provide the highest security and operational continuity standards

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Integrating Infrastructure Management with other OSS modules

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