Network Integrator: The End of Your Project Problems

In the last few years operators have dedicated extensive amounts of time and effort to deliver experience-based, multi-media communication services. IPTV tops the list. At the same time, driving down operating and capital costs remains the No. 1 initiative. Getting the best of both worlds is ideal, but IPTV can be a tricky deployment. And if not done correctly is extremely destructive to existing network services.

Bringing in a network integrator to your project will protect your time and save your network money and resources in the end. Especially with an IPTV deployment, there are many products on the market that are specifically engineered for a specific aspect of the service.

The problem with these specific products is that some have not tested well with other products; if at all. Network operators are then forced to become the expert and have to call the bluff on vendors who promise the product will work for the specific task, but not necessarily with other products. As operators send separate requests for specific products they become the middle person forced to decide which product is the problem and which is not.

An integrator is a person or group of people with the experience of working with many different types of products and network architectures. With this expertise, network integrators are able bring the best-of-the-breed vendors to the dance and works with them to provide the service provider a solution that will work and is cost/resource-effective.

Major benefits of deploying IPTV with a network integrator:
o Faster time to Revenue
o Reduced multi-vendor headaches
o Better use of internal resources
o Increased project management