Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 73 | Page 62

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Mobile Technology

BTC partners with Infovista for optimisation of its mobile network

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation ( BTC ) has partnered with Infovista , a global leader in Network Lifecycle Automation ( NLA ) and selected Infovista ’ s TEMS Pocket , TEMS Paragon , TEMS Discovery and Planet products for next-generation 4G and 5G mobile network planning , testing , optimisation and benchmarking . BTC operates Botswana ’ s leading nationwide 4.5G / LTE-Advanced network , serving people and businesses throughout the country .

BTC selected Infovista to support the modernisation of its existing mobile network and optimise the planning of future 5G-ready network infrastructure . The solution , delivered by Infovista and complemented by Infovista ’ s partner MOZARK , will allow BTC to test , benchmark and optimise the performance delivered by its mobile network , helping ensure that subscribers using connected services such as BTC Smega mobile money enjoy the best possible quality of experience .
Planet , Infovista ’ s RF planning software and optimisation solution , will provide BTC with powerful and accurate planning and optimisation of its existing 4G and future 5G networks . p
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