Irish network services provider Enet has implemented a virtual testing approach to its networks via a partnership with Butler Technologies, which has provided VIAVI Solutions’ Fusion virtual network test and monitoring systems. The move to a virtual approach will reduce troubleshooting times and the number of truck rolls Enet has to initiate, according to VIAVI.
VIAVI’s Fusion portfolio comprises physical test equipment and software-based test agents that are deployed across the customer’s network. In Enet’s case, the system’s test controller is located in Dublin, from which it initiates service activation testing and real-time performance monitoring across the entire network. Enet can use expert tools or simple end-user devices as test points, says VIAVI. The network operator also can perform application testing to enable rapid problem resolution, sometimes before the end-user detects a change in service, VIAVI adds.
Enet operates the largest alternative wholesale telecommunications network in Ireland. Its infrastructure includes more than 5,400 km of fiber-optic network infrastructure, including the Irish State’s metropolitan-area networks (MANs), proprietary metro networks, a dark fiber backhaul infrastructure, as well as one of the largest licensed wireless networks in the country.
“This is a strategically important investment for Enet as it highlights our continued commitment to delivering a genuinely world-class service for our customers. With this solution in place, we’ve increased the visibility of all monitored links so that we can see how the network is operating from the end-users’ perspective, pinpoint troubleshooting, reduce time to repair, and manage a much larger infrastructure estate,” stated John Gilvarry, Enet CTO. Gilvarry went on to say that the deployment “marks a key milestone in our transition from a traditional wired network to one based more on software-defined principles, and we are currently looking to further extend the solution in our network.”
Butler Technologies is a VIAVI Velocity Elite Partner.
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