Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
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CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


Testing and assurance vendor Viavi Solutions has announced a agreement to provide automated network inventory management capabilities to Telefonica’s Hispam unit with operations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela. Under the deal, Viavi’s Nitro-branded AIOps Inventory Management solution will manage both passive and active network components for Telefonica Hispam across all domains including radio, core, IP, transmission, microwave and fibre optics, whiles also providing IP Address Management (IPAM).
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Nitro AIOps Inventory Management Solution
Viavi said the solution auto-discovers and catalogs physical assets, software assets, virtual devices, and networks, as well as the way in which everything is connected.
Gabriel Rodriguez, Head of OSS Systems for Telefonica HISPAM, said, “We are rapidly expanding our regional network, and innovations from Viavi will have a significant impact on improving the service and reliability we offer our subscribers.”
Nitro AIOps Inventory Management acts as a bridge between assurance and inventory management, bringing all network parameters together in a single pane of glass and providing true end-to-end visibility of resources and services.
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AI, ML-centric Capabilities
The solution provides a range of AI/ML-centric capabilities that can manage multi-vendor, multi-technology, multi-domain network data sources, providing an end-to-end view of the entire network, the official release said.
“We are pleased to win this opportunity to work with Telefonica HISPAM and look forward to showcasing how automated tools like Nitro AIOps can quickly identify and address complex network issues, often before they impact users, leading to faster resolution times and a reduction in the impact of network problems,” said Deepak Shahane, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Enablement at Viavi.