INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT) REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA

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INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION
UNIONTelecommunications Development Bureau
(BDT)REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA

• NETWORK MANAGEMENT

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TOPICS

• Trends and evolution of telecommunication
  technologies and services
• Trends and evolution of telecommunication
  networks
• Actual situation
• Challenges ahead

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TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES

• Voice
• Voice, telex, telefax
• Media
• Video
• E-mail
• Pre-paid
• Data and the internet
• E-everything (education, health, commerce,
  governance, etc.)
• Voice/mail, e-mail, multimedia, video,
  conferencing etc.

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TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS

• Electromechanical
• Fixed Circuit switched analogue
• Fixed Circuit switched digital
• Wireless/mobile circuit switched analogue
• Wireless/mobile circuit switched digital
• Fixed Packet switched
• Wireless/mobile Packet switched
• IP/Optical

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ACTUAL SITUATION

• - External Plant Network
• Switching Network
• Transmission network
• General poor state of the external plant network
  which needs a lot of management attention.
• Unavailability of OMC in some networks
• Insufficient practice of standard technical
  management procedures.
• A serious under investment in network management.
• Little or no plans to develop a total integrated
  Information Technology (IT) policy for management
  of the External plant.

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ACTUAL SITUATION - Continued

• 6. Insufficient availability of networks
  operational, administration and management data.
• 7. Unavailability of TMN (Telecommunication
  Management Network) in most of the networks.
• 8. Co-existence of analogue and digital
  equipment.
• 9. Network interface difficulties and
  propagation problems.
• 10. Unsatisfactory Network operation,
  interoperability and Quality of Service
  standards.
• 11. Unavailability of network performance
  history.
• 12. Obsolescence and difficulties with supply of
  spare parts (production lines having closed
  down)
• 13. Little or no use of information technology
  tools like CSMS type,

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CHALLENGES AHEAD

1. Management of networks by well established and
   standard technical management procedures and
   installation of TMN.
2. Establishment of sub-regional management,
   operational and maintenance centers.
3. Maximum utilization of already established repair
   centers in some countries on a sub-regional
   level.
4. Monthly collection of network data and reports,
   establishment of web sites with management,
   operations and maintenance data by Regulatory
   Authority bodies.

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CHALLENGES AHEAD (Continued)

• Formation of national technical committees
  participated by all national operators and
  coordinated by the National Administration
• Establishment of statistical goals for
  telecommunication service levels.
• Complete overhaul, if possible, of external for
  good quality of service for new technologies and
  services.
• Establishment of procedures for utilization of
  network management categories (i.e Configuration,
  Fault location and repair, performance, security
  and accounting).
• Development and usage of Information technology
  tools for management of the external plant

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION

• REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA
• NETWORK MANAGEMENT
• Kasane, Botswana
• July 2002