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Newsletter Inside this issue Implemented projects help our customers to plan radio network smart and easy In addition to Desktop products, our company also develops Web solutions Cellular Expert Viewer – manage your radio network directly in web Enterprise Dashboard - a solution for big enterprises to evaluate KPIs simpler Cellular Expert keeps up to date with new planning challenges Planning LTE network with upcoming Cellular Expert 4.0 is more than an easy task Cellular Expert team creates solutions for broadcasting companies 2012, February 8 Cellular Expert team has created and successfully implemented a range of Web solutions for enterprise Cellular Expert Viewer – manage your radio network directly in web Cellular Expert Viewer is radio network data access solution to preview, analyze, report and perform calculations directly in your web browser. Network viewer can access all forms of network data maintained by Cellular Expert. Simple and user friendly interface makes it easy to navigate, select, display and filter any network information. In addition to standard network data view manipulation features Cellular Expert Viewer has a set of specific radio network tools. Object inspector tool allows Cellular Expert Viewer users to preview attribute information of network objects (sites, sectors, radio links, etc.) as well as attach and view the pictures and other documentation related to the object. The user can load and preview signal strength and best server coverage of the network, calculate coverage of selected sectors and check the signal strength value at selected location. Profiling tool provides the user with complete path profiling functionality. It allows calculating radio path profile by selecting 2 points on the map. Profiling tool uses pre-created by the user prediction model that evaluates digital terrain model and/or obstacles, radio frequency, height of transmitter and receiver and other parameters to calculate power budget and create visual radio path profile report. Calculated profiles can be saved to the database for later use as well as exported as reports or printed. Cellular Expert Viewer can be easily expanded with additional custom tools to meet customer needs and demands. As an example mobile base station signal strength monitoring tool was created for mobile operator which is dedicated to collect and store signal strength measurement information and provide reports to the State Public Health Service.

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Newsletter

Inside this issue

Implemented projects

help our customers to plan radio network smart and easy

In addition to Desktop

products, our company also develops Web solutions

Cellular Expert Viewer –

manage your radio network directly in web

Enterprise Dashboard - a

solution for big enterprises to evaluate KPIs simpler

Cellular Expert keeps up

to date with new planning challenges

Planning LTE network

with upcoming Cellular Expert 4.0 is more than an easy task

Cellular Expert team

creates solutions for broadcasting companies

2012, February 8

Cellular Expert team has created and successfully

implemented a range of Web solutions for enterprise

Cellular Expert Viewer – manage your radio network directly in web

Cellular Expert Viewer is radio network data access solution to preview, analyze,

report and perform calculations directly in your web browser. Network viewer

can access all forms of network data maintained by Cellular Expert. Simple and

user friendly interface makes it easy to navigate, select, display and filter any

network information. In addition to standard network data view manipulation

features Cellular Expert Viewer has a set of specific radio network tools.

Object inspector tool allows Cellular Expert Viewer users to preview attribute

information of network objects (sites, sectors, radio links, etc.) as well as attach

and view the pictures and other documentation related to the object. The user

can load and preview signal strength and best server coverage of the network,

calculate coverage of selected sectors and check the signal strength value at

selected location.

Profiling tool provides the user with complete path profiling functionality. It

allows calculating radio path profile by selecting 2 points on the map. Profiling

tool uses pre-created by the user prediction model that evaluates digital terrain

model and/or obstacles, radio frequency, height of transmitter and receiver and

other parameters to calculate power budget and create visual radio path profile

report. Calculated profiles can be saved to the database for later use as well as

exported as reports or printed.

Cellular Expert Viewer

can be easily expanded

with additional custom

tools to meet customer

needs and demands.

As an example mobile

base station signal

strength monitoring

tool was created for

mobile operator which

is dedicated to collect

and store signal

strength measurement

i n f o rm a t i o n a nd

provide reports to the

State Public Health

Service.

Cellular Expert helps

our customers to achieve their goals

faster

In 2011 Cellular Expert had 2

service releases dedicated to 3G

urban planning, automated model

calibration and new technologies.

The most important updates were

included in Radio Links Automatic

Frequency Planning, Wanted

Signal Prediction, Database

Integrity Check and Select by

Status tools. Cellular Expert now

has much faster performance,

user friendly interface and

powerful ArcGIS 10 capabilities.

The most significant changes of a

new Cellular Expert 3.7 version

were:

Calculations – prediction,

interference, visibility and

others run 2-3 times faster.

New Cellular Expert interface

allows user to find necessary

tools in more convenient way

as Cellular Expert toolbars

are grouped by task they

perform.

Many new tools -

optimization, tilting and

visibility are added to the

toolbar.

Improved tools - layer filter,

territory coverage and apply

site template.

“Did you know that in addition to Desktop products,

our company also develops Web solutions?”

Cellular Expert team successfully implemented several

important projects

Monitoring of mobile base stations signal strength levels - project for mobile operator The goal of the Project was implementation of web based solution for

collection, storage, sharing of field strength measurement data at fixed points

near active mobile base stations and providing reports to the State Public

Health Service. For this purpose Cellular Expert Viewer was customized

adding specific tools for input and editing of measurement points and

collected data, as well as creating customized reports.

Advantages of the implemented solution:

User friendly web based system, it includes only several specific tools and

is easy to use;

No need to install specialized applications – it is working on a laptop /

tablet via web browser, allowing input of the collected data in the field;

Multiuser environment allowing all the interested parties to view / edit live

data;

Automatic creation of measurement reports with minimal manual editing

of data – saves time and resources.

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Enterprise Dashboard – a solution for big enterprises to evaluate KPIs simpler.

DVB-T project for telecommunication operator

Our client - telecommunication company requested an assistance in the

planning of DVB-T network. Cellular Expert team has performed calibration of

prediction models used for calculation of coverage of DVB-T broadcasting

network. Using calibrated models the company has produced precise coverage

maps of DVB-T network that are used by different departments across the

company. As a result new adapted tools were added to Cellular Expert

toolbar.

Enterprise Dashboard web application

is used for evaluation of company

performance. The performance is

measured by different KPIs (Key

Performance Indicators). These

indicators are important for the

management of the company and

different departments such as

Marketing, Sales, Customer Care,

Technical and etc. We offer a solution

for big enterprises to evaluate KPIs

simpler. Our solution, called

Enterprise Dashboard, visualizes

company’s KPIs and helps to notice

problems and make decisions easier.

For example General KPI view

demonstrates Mobile Operator’s Net

Additions of the customers in

different regions. These could be

previewed a daily, weekly and

monthly data at a selected region,

distinct and site level drilling down

the data of interest.

Different departments could use

different KPIs for performance

evaluation. For example Technical

department will be able to evaluate

technical parameters using network

KPIs in the same interface.

Enterprise Dashboard solution allows

previewing and analyzing any type of

KPIs used for evaluation of company

performance.

For a more detailed analysis

Enterprise Dashboard application

allows to create charts for each KPI

and to compare several different KPIs

for selected area levels.

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“Cellular Expert keeps up to date with new planning

challenges”

Research & development project

Cellular Expert team has long time experience in international markets and felt

the growing need of the telecommunication companies to solve the expanded

range of tasks not only technical, but also in other areas - sales & marketing,

customer care, corporate management. For that purpose Cellular Expert team

in collaboration with Vilnius University successfully implemented Research &

development project using the latest technological capabilities - ArcGIS Server

and ArcGIS Online. As a result, a high-accuracy propagation models and web

solutions for management control system were created. The first drafts of the

developed solutions are already being used in practice and interest our

customers a lot. Created models and solutions were also used in new product

development.

Academic institutions support program – investment into the future

Cellular Expert team continuously consults universities from different countries

in creating new Educational and training programs and Lab Exercises related

to radio network planning, optimization and effective data management. Our

professional lectors have a deep knowledge in this area and are happy to

share it with young generation. While studying, it is very important to apply

theoretical aspects to practice. Only then the best learning results are

achieved. Cellular Expert is the best helper in this case. So we encourage

partners across the world as well as universities to become involved in

educational activity and take advantage of our professional assistance.

Planning LTE network with upcoming Cellular Expert 4.0 is more than

an easy task To be one step ahead of the competition today’s mobile operator must evolve

it’s network to offer advanced data services cost-effectively. New technologies

such as LTE present new opportunities, but their advanced features also

provide challenges that need to be overcome through innovative design and

optimization software.

Mobile operators across the world know that their consumers are always

looking for faster speeds so that they can access their data and information at

lightning speed and they can provide this through LTE network. Higher data

rates and lower latency make LTE connections more responsive. LTE provides

better global coverage and roaming capabilities. Numerous vendors worldwide

have publicly announced the development of user equipment based on the

LTE. This technology will allow offering users more of what they want, which is

untethered mobility.

It is clear that the level of technology improvements and flexibility offered by

LTE makes an accurate network planning tool essential. An increased demand

of reliable and easy to use LTE network planning tool encouraged Cellular

Expert team to develop solutions with full support of LTE technology for radio

network planning, with the advanced functionality including calculation of

coverage with defined probability, interference and data rate, MIMO antenna

support, OFDMA and adaptive modulation calculations.

The migration to LTE presents considerable challenges to operators across their

access, transmission and core networks. Cellular Expert solutions enable to

overcome these challenges and ensure a successful migration to LTE.

We develop

products that fulfill customers’ needs

The upcoming Cellular Expert 4.0

version is going to have a wide

range of improvements such as

Desktop release:

LTE network design and

coverage calculations;

DVB-T network planning;

Enhanced WiMAX network

planning;

Optimized 3G+ (UMTS,

HSPA) network planning;

Enhanced Monte-Carlo traffic

simulations;

Automated network planning

tools;

We created smart Server

solutions that enable operators

effectively administrate and

configure radio network. Cellular

Expert Enterprise Server product

family, now includes:

Network Information Viewer;

Enterprise Dashboards;

Profile;

Sales & Marketing;

Customer Care Solution.

We create solutions that deliver proven and measurable

results

Coverage prediction for DVB-T SFN (Single Frequency Network)

Cellular Expert team creates solutions for broadcasting companies

Nowadays more and more countries declares nationwide strategies to evolve

analog terrestrial television and radio broadcasting into much more advanced

digital services. Cellular Expert keeps up to date with new planning challenges.

Our team has designed special functionality for DVB-T, DVB-H, T-DAB and

other relevant broadcasting standards. At the same time, broadcasting

companies are expected to cover country-wide territories including rural areas

without wire line connectivity, where microwave transmission is a single viable

solution for distributing signals to radio towers. In this case Cellular Expert

provides convenience by handling multiple wireless technologies in the same

planning project.

With Cellular Expert broadcasters can:

Design and analyze single frequency network (DVB-T, DVB-H, T-DAB, etc.)

with EBU recommended receiver synchronization strategies

Model different receiving conditions (rooftop, indoor, handheld)

Predict and evaluate network coverage with preferred probability

Evaluate network self-interference and make decisions for network

optimization

Plan and optimize backhaul microwave transmission as well as fixed and

mobile broadcasting networks

Easily import wireless network data to Cellular Expert database

Manage radio network and equipment data

Calculate and analyze network coverage, microwave network performance,

availability and interference.