Nokia NetAct

Virtualized OSS that

goes beyond network
management
From network management to network
maximization
Nokia NetAct gives you one consolidated view over any network, even the most complicated
multi-domain, multi-technology system. NetAct is virtualized for minimal downtime and resilience and
provides full visibility and control over your network, whether traditional or cloud-based. With NetAct,
you can trust your customers are getting the best experience possible.

The list of challenges facing operators today is well known:
• Exponential growth of data in mobile networks
• Constant roll out of new services and technologies
• The need to keep customers happy while keeping costs
under control
That’s why you need an Operations Support System (OSS) that
goes beyond just managing network resources to intelligently
capturing and processing your most relevant network insights.
Nokia is the industry-leading OSS provider with more than 320
active operator customers globally. We are a trusted vendor for
operators who want to make the most of their network.

What NetAct means for you Want to keep costs down

Simplify: Get one consolidated view over
the whole network
Control: Use real time performance
and fault management, automated
configuration
Optimize: Access all the tools you need
to improve network performance and
subscriber experience
without compromising quality?
NetAct lets you save up to 80% in
OPEX by automating network-wide
configuration operations compared to
performing tasks manually and with
multiple systems.

NetAct gives you

full visibility and
control over
your radio, core,
and Telco cloud
networks.

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Unconditional OSS that delivers
Nokia NetAct has been developed to meet your needs as an
operator – now and into the future.
Constant network growth, a combination of different mobile
broadband technologies and the need for simplicity require
OSS to evolve. NetAct is highly scalable and can handle not
only the evolving technology, but also network growth and
changes in your service offering.
Virtualized OSS
NetAct’s virtualized platform allows for efficient hardware
utilization. Being virtual also means near-zero downtime
during upgrades and improved availability.
What analysts are saying
“Typically, iterative OSS releases by
equipment vendors go largely unheralded.
However, as operators begin looking
closely at the practical steps vendors
are taking to support virtualization, the
‘cloud-readiness’ of NOKIA’s NetAct 8 is
noteworthy.”
Jason Marcheck, Current Analysis, 2013
Cloud ready
NetAct offers full visibility into both traditional networks and
cloud-based networks. It supports hybrid networks, providing a
logical step-by-step transition to virtualized network functions.
One consolidated view – and a clear way forward
NetAct offers a uniform set of tools for radio, core and
transport network management all accessed through one
view. Based on industry standards and open architecture,
NetAct lets you manage multi-technology networks with
one system. With process automation you get reduced
administration, maintenance and system integration costs.
NetAct also gives you a clear way forward for moving from
existing to future network technologies.
Are you ready for the next
wave of technology?
NetAct has a proven track record at
rolling out new technologies – it already
handles the change from 3G to LTE and
small cells, and is continuously updated
to be ready for the next wave
of technology.
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A toolbox for every network
management need
NetAct Monitor
NetAct Monitor brings centralized network monitoring for all
network technologies from element management to operational
management. NetAct Monitor supports user-specific workflows.
Powerful filtering and correlation of alarms lead to fast root
cause identification, keeping you up to speed with your network.
NetAct Performance Manager
The NetAct Performance Manager helps you to improve service
quality and optimize network performance through real-time
performance management and monitoring. NetAct Performance
Manager solution is scalable to suit even the largest networks.
NetAct Administrator
NetAct Administrator lets you manage network element
hardware and software from one central location. It also offers
a backup and restore functionality across network domains.
Nokia Cloud Application Manager
Nokia Cloud Application Manager automatically governs the
deployment and management of cloud-based applications,
including allocation of resources, configuration, performance
and fault management. With the Cloud Application Manager,
you get greater agility, efficiency and control – leading to faster
time to market and return on investment.

NetAct Configurator Nokia Network 360

NetAct Configurator offers comprehensive functionality for
configuration management with common processes and
data storage in multi-technology radio and core networks.
Automated network planning and network consistency
checking actions can be carried out with easy-to-use tools.
NetAct Configurator enables flexible and automatic workflows
for fast network roll-out and expansion.
Network 360 provides a single, simplified and integrated view
of all the operational data from your network elements. By
cutting through the complexity, Network 360 helps operations
personnel to quickly see the network status ‘big picture’ at a
given point of time.

What our customers say:

“The virtualized NetAct 8 network management is very robust. It helps
us to improve capacity to tackle the increased amount of data and
transactions. It also makes it possible to have near zero downtime when
upgrading systems in the future. I could also say that NetAct is much
faster to use. It provides a lot of modern functionality that makes our
daily work simpler and faster. We are able to work more efficiently today.”
Jaeyoon Shim, Korea Telecom, 2014

Need to make changes to a large network – quickly?

With NetAct you can change the configuration of up to 10,000 base
stations automatically, in just a few minutes.

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What makes NetAct different?

Availability guaranteed Reduced costs

NetAct is virtualized so you get automatic operational Increasingly automated management solutions mean fewer
continuity in case of hardware failure. Virtual OSS also means personnel resources are devoted to maintenance and
zero downtime for hardware maintenance and near zero operations, as well as making it easier to plan new networks
downtime for upgrades. or to introduce new technologies. All this adds up to a big
drop in OPEX.
One view over your network
Making the most of existing network capacity also means
NetAct gives you one consolidated view over critical network
lower CAPEX, as does the deployment of a common NetAct
operation status, and integrates information from other
platform in place of separate, proprietary solutions.
NetAct tools. When a problem is flagged, you can deep dive
into the details to quickly locate and fix any issues.
Nokia is a trusted partner dedicated to OSS
We have more than 320 active OSS customers. OSS is our
High quality service
focus, and is backed up by over 20 years of our own research
Real-time performance management and monitoring means
and development in network management. We closely follow
improved service quality and performance.
customer needs and industry trends, and work actively with
industry bodies including TM Forum, ETSI, 3GPP and the
A new level of resilience European Union as well as other mobile broadband vendors
In case of catastrophic failure, like a Network Operations to improve OSS interoperability.
Center being knocked out, NetAct functions are automatically
routed to another location to ensure continuity. You also get
better hardware utilization and load balancing.

What analysts are saying Need to easily manage a

“The functionality available through complex multi-vendor, multi
NOKIA’s NetAct 8 will help operators keep technology network?
communications going, even in extreme
NetAct OSS includes off-the-shelf
situations. This is very important for
integrations for over 45 different
operational continuity, and is a tangible
vendors’ equipment used across network
benefit resulting from virtualization.”
technologies
Clare McCarthy, Practice Leader,
Telco operations & IT at Ovum

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