- Dimetis GmbH, a German-based Broadcast OSS supplier to world-class Telecommunication, Media & Broadcast carriers in Europe & North America, today announced the sale of its BOSS© BROADCAST NetView IPTV monitoring system into the HanseNet network in Hamburg, Germany.
An integral component of the Dimetis BOSS© - BROADCAST Operations Support System platform, the BOSS© NetView product is a equipment vendor independent, centralized and automated QoS, Monitoring, Alarm, Fault location and service protection system that is used for IPTV, Mobile TV and Broadcast DVB/ATSC networks.
Significant features along with associated benefits include:
Feature:
- Graphical GUI for Network Configuration and the Headend
- Integration of Bridgtech IP Probes to monitor IP Packet flow across the network
- Integration of 130 Integrated Receiver Decoder within the Superheadend
- Acts as either standalone or Umbrella manager for dissimilar elements
- SNMP monitoring and control
- Event logging of all events
- Archiving/housekeeping
- User administration
- Centralized fault management with:
- Recognition/alarm messaging
- Error correlation
- User error messages
- Redundancy switching
“The Dimetis BOSS© NetView offering will allow us to more easily measure and confirm service level agreements (SLA’s) and ensure the best quality of service and quality of experience for everyone across our delivery chain “, concluded Mr. Fabian Buehring, Head of IPTV dep., of HanseNet,
“The overall benefits of centralized and automated QoS alarms lowers our capex and opex by providing fast fault location and service protection for both our IPTV services. To have software monitoring that is vendor equipment agnostic and upgradeable insures that we will not be “locked” into one vendors equipment network management. This way we can get the most competitive pricing from our equipment vendors.”
Willi Striegl, VP of Marketing & Business Develpment for Dimetis added, “Given that HanseNet is the leading triple play provider and first IPTV provider in Germany and in an expansion mode we are more than pleased. We are honored that they have chosen our BOSS© BROADCAST NetView monitoring system. The BOSS© BROADCAST NetView will provide an additional component of performance and service confirmation to their already excellent network..”
About HanseNet
Founded in 1995 in Hamburg as a city carrier, HanseNet now offers one of the latest network to more than 2.1 million customers in Germany. HanseNet, owner of the brand “Alice”, is since its takeover of AOL Deutschland one of the three market-leading broadband Internet providers in Germany and offers voice and data as well as multimedia and Internet access and complete telecommunications solutions. Since 2003 the turnover could be increased from 103 million Euros to 528 million Euros in 2006. Additional information about HanseNet can be found at. (www.hansenet.com)