Marconi and ComOpt to provide wireless planning and optimisation

Dec. 16, 2002

16 December 2002 -- Marconi and ComOpt AB, Helsingborg, Sweden, have signed a worldwide reseller agreement.

16 December 2002 -- Marconi and ComOpt AB, Helsingborg, Sweden, have signed a worldwide reseller agreement. Marconi's wireless business unit will be the exclusive network planning software and services vendor to market ComOpt's innovative Automatic Cell Planning (ACP) CellOpt software.

ComOpt will also integrate its optimisation software products with Marconi's industry-leading wireless network planning portfolio of products, including Planet and deciBel Planner. The combined solution will provide mobile service providers with the most comprehensive and powerful network planning and optimisation tools available today.

"As the recognised leader in RF planning software, Marconi is a natural fit for our best-in-class optimisation capabilities," said Joachim Samuelsson, managing director, ComOpt. "Marconi's global network planning customer base and sales and support teams strongly complement our market success in optimising wireless networks around the world."

Marconi's wireless network planning software solutions offer cellular/PCS capabilities and application-specific modules for GSM/GPRS, cdma2000, UMTS and fixed wireless networks. Fully integrated with industry-leading mapping capabilities, Marconi's RF planning products also interface with spatially enabled databases to facilitate the sharing of network performance information across an organization.

ComOpt's CellOpt ACP allows RF engineers to optimise power, tilt, azimuth, antenna model, height and site location for GSM/GPRS, TDMA, IDEN and CDMA networks. CellOpt AFP generates implementation-ready plans for GSM/GPRS, TDMA and IDEN networks with fully configurable design objectives, optimises frequencies, and provides interactive support for daily maintenance. Under the agreement, CellOpt AFP will also be distributed by Marconi.

The combined solution will allow wireless carriers to accurately model, simulate, analyse and test network designs based on both voice and data traffic requirements. This helps service providers ensure that their wireless networks are designed with enough capacity and scalability to support voice and data services.