IMTECH MANAGED SERVICES IP.ACCESS:
Maurits Zandbergen, Business Manager, Imtech Telecom NL
As the telecoms market matures, Imtech is increasing its range of complementary services around its hardware. As 3G networks evolve, there’s one service that businesses will be crying out for.
As mobile working becomes increasingly advantageous to businesses, so the networks’ drawbacks will become more evident. If you can’t give them a signal, customers won’t want to know about blackspots and downtime; they’ll want to know the number of a rival service provider.
This is why all the operators that matter are working to provide in-building services, to refresh the parts of an organisation that others can’t reach.
The problem is, these in-building deployments are labour and capital intensive, which doesn’t help profitability, especially when capital budgets are tightening. As a result, the viability of in-building installations is constantly being scrutinised.
Imtech solves this problem for operators with innovative technology that is implemented, and operated, with minimal disruption. How? Through managed services that use our ip.access products.
These give the cellular operators the indoor GSM solution they need, at a cost they can handle (either as CapEx and OpEx). It’s simple to install and rapidly deployed.
The problem is, these in-building deployments are labour and capital intensive, which doesn’t help profitability, especially when capital budgets are tightening. As a result, the viability of in-building installations is constantly being scrutinised.
Imtech solves this problem for operators with innovative technology that is implemented, and operated, with minimal disruption. How? Through managed services that use our ip.access products.
These give the cellular operators the indoor GSM solution they need, at a cost they can handle (either as CapEx and OpEx). It’s simple to install and rapidly deployed.
The cellular operator simply details the addresses where GSM coverage is insufficient. Imtech uses ‘nanoGSM’ to do the rest, from the first radio measurement to the final integration tests.
Some company directors have been so impressed they’ve invited the service into their homes! Why not? It’s a flexible solution that works for outdoor events, bungalows or caravan parks in rural locations.
Imtech learned to run a managed service because mobile operators were initially loathe to introduce new products on the radio access layer. Imtech has managed to break down the barriers by owning the problem and making it very easy for the operator.
Which is why Imtech delivers the nanoGSM managed service to a number of mobile operators in the Netherlands. It’s not a technical solution for them now. It’s a strategy to keep customers.
Some company directors have been so impressed they’ve invited the service into their homes! Why not? It’s a flexible solution that works for outdoor events, bungalows or caravan parks in rural locations.
Imtech learned to run a managed service because mobile operators were initially loathe to introduce new products on the radio access layer. Imtech has managed to break down the barriers by owning the problem and making it very easy for the operator.
Which is why Imtech delivers the nanoGSM managed service to a number of mobile operators in the Netherlands. It’s not a technical solution for them now. It’s a strategy to keep customers.