tele.ring to improve 2G and 3G network in Austria

October 17, 2005

Austrian mobile operator tele.ring has licensed Andrew Corporation's Optum automated cell planning tool to provide its rapidly increasing subscriber base the best possible cellular services in both its GSM and UMTS networks across Austria.

In competitive trials, tele.ring determined that Optum was consistently the best performer as a software tool for wireless network planning and design. Optum automatically finds the optimal radio network configuration for an operator--the right mix of power levels, antenna type, direction, and tilt producing the best combination of coverage, capacity, and quality for minimum cost.

"Tele.ring customers expect the best value and Andrew Corporation is an innovative company whose powerful products help us to deliver that value," said Georg Podebradsky, manager of radio network planning and optimization at tele.ring. "The Optum product's results are impressive. Optum has improved our network coverage and our quality metrics."

Optum maximizes the trade off between network performance and cost. For example, tele.ring can incorporate constraints at both site or sector levels and find the optimal network configuration while considering a mix of services and quality metrics. In trials, tele.ring proved Optum's ability to quickly generate significant improvements even over manually well optimized GSM and UMTS networks.

"Optum's performance at tele.ring proves its superior technology," said Martin Coates, vice president of Andrew Network Solutions EMEA. "Tele.ring's use of Optum builds on its investment in Andrew's market-leading radio network planning tool, Odyssey, to produce outstanding value for the money. The tight integration between the two products means that Optum can be used straight out of the box to significantly improve tele.ring's planning results."