Press Release
VPIsystems Announces OnePlanTM Access 3.0
New Release Features Disaster Planning Capabilities; Allows for More Efficient Access Network Design and Better Service Forecasting
Holmdel, New Jersey (April 10, 2007) - VPIsystems, the leading provider of network resource planning software and services for the global telecommunications industry, announced today the newest release of its Access module for the OnePlan network planning system. OnePlan Access 3.0 includes enhanced modeling, reporting and forecasting capabilities, new disaster planning features and greater ease of use through an updated user interface. With these new features, OnePlan Access users will be able to quickly plan, design and optimize broadband, wireless and other access networks that deliver the best possible service to customers at the lowest cost to carriers.
OnePlan Access 3.0 features more sophisticated equipment modeling. The expanded functionality of this component and updated user interface let customers more easily input data into the OnePlan Access configuration templates, specific to the capabilities of the equipment being used, and generate a plan detailing how and where this equipment should be implemented.
Additional enhancements and new features in OnePlan Access 3.0 include:
- Enhanced Equipment Model - OnePlan Access now supports both generic access equipment detail configuration and vendor specific equipment models
- Layer Connection Model - With support for a layer connection model, carriers can now model logical connections in their access network domain
- Dual-homing capabilities - Built-in resiliency features let customers plan primary working and secondary back up paths within their next-generation access networks
- Ability to import as-built networks - Users can now import a previously deployed network into the application when planning an upgrade or addition to their existing networks, using legacy components
- Multi-period planning - Allows carriers to more flexibly plan their networks in different time intervals, ultimately increasing planning granularity.
The overall enhancements to the modeling and planning capabilities in OnePlan Access 3.0 help service providers reduce their planning cycles and time to market, which gives them a significant competitive advantage. Additionally, its unique equipment modeling and evaluation capabilities give carriers clear insight into the unique cost structure of each element, helping them to compare the economic effectiveness of each vendor solution, using specific real market situations.
"As the telecommunications industry evolves to include more complex technology, network resource planning is becoming crucial to the success of service providers," said Hank Firey, CEO, VPIsystems. "We're seeing a paradigm shift in our customers toward monthly or even weekly network planning and analysis, to keep capacity on top of the demand for new technologies and services, while ensuring that they don't over-build the network. As such, the increased planning capabilities in OnePlan Access have become mission-critical for these customers."
About OnePlan
OnePlan offers communications service providers a single, cross-domain (geography, technology, discipline and network domain) integrated capacity and network planning capability, OnePlan has become the system of choice for any carrier planning transition to a next-generation, IP-enabled network. Through its modular design, OnePlan provides a scalable solution that can start as a single technology module, and grow to a high-availability system spanning multiple network layers where OnePlan automates all network planning, engineering and decommissioning activities.
About VPIsystems, Inc.
VPIsystems is the only provider of integrated capacity and network planning software and services for the global telecommunications industry. The company's OnePlanTM software system gives telecommunications and multi-service providers the ability to cohesively plan the financial, technical and marketing aspects of their network evolution, for all current and future network types. Headquartered in Holmdel, NJ, and with offices in Europe, Asia, and Australia, VPIsystems' software is used by over 150 communications service providers and network equipment manufacturers to assess current and future capacity needs, and optimally plan their QoS-constrained service networks and underlying transport infrastructure. For further information, visit us at www.vpisystems.com.