Aviat
Networks Inc, a provider of microwave networking solutions, has announced the
signing of a service level agreement (SLA) to provide Emerging Markets
Telecommunications Services (EMTS), operating as Etisalat Nigeria, with a
comprehensive suite of Managed Network Services. The agreement, financial
details of which were not available, covers establishing a network operations
centre, providing an element management system and implementing spares
management programme.
This
is coming on the heels of the
company announcing its earnings results same week, where the company reported
$0.02 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the analysts’ consensus
estimate of $0.02. It is worth knowing that the company’s revenue was down 4.1%
compared to the same quarter last year.
But
with this new deal, Aviat Networks will be establishing a Network Operations
Centre (NOC) to operate 50 hops of Etisalat's Enterprise Data Network,
comprising 100 radios of the Eclipse Packet Node microwave networking solution,
on the mobile operator's network nationwide within Nigeria.
It is Aviat’s first deal with Etisalat, said Olawale
Osimosu, the Californian Company’s country director in Nigeria. “Aviat Networks
managed network services are designed to give Etisalat a cost-optimized
solution by leveraging its existing staff in Nigeria and resulting in a better
network quality of service for its end users,” said Osimosu. “Overall, this is
a great opportunity for us to showcase our market leading capabilities in
managed services among all the microwave specialist providers.”
In
addition, the company will implement ProVision, its carrier-class element
management system (EMS), for total network surveillance, fault escalation and
reporting with up to six months of performance data stored for analysis and
also its Comprehensive Spares Management Program (SMP) for the quick
replacement of mission-critical components in the field.
The
company and the Etisalat Operations team will jointly set up the NOC at
Etisalat headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. The NOC will be capable of 24/7
network self-management, with Aviat Networks-trained personnel working from a
central site, collocated within its data centre. This will be Aviat Networks'
first Managed Network Services SLA with Etisalat of the UAE, a mobile
telecommunications company in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
In
a related development, the microwave networking solutions expert Aviat
Networks, Inc., said it has been named as the microwave subcontractor on the
AT&T government Solutions' team to compete for orders to provide tactical
communications equipment to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DHS
awarded the contract with potential of up to $3 billion in business over a
five-year period of performance to 30 companies for commercial-off-the-shelf
equipment, infrastructure and related services.
Under this contract for the DHS Tactical Communications
(TACCOM) program, Aviat Networks will provide DHS and other federal agencies
with the capability to acquire leading microwave radio communication equipment,
engineering, design, installation and maintenance services to meet
mission-critical operations. The contract is for an indefinite delivery and
indefinite quantity of tactical communications equipment and services. Other
agencies such as the White House Communications Agency and the departments of
Interior, Justice and State can also use the IDIQ to purchase equipment. IDIQs
provide for an indefinite quantity of products/services for a fixed time and
help streamline the contract process and speed service delivery.
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