Mentum Planet 5.5 Helps Operators Realize Full Economic Benefits of Heterogeneous Networks

New Release Offers Wi-Fi Support and Introduces New Capabilities to Help Operators Design and Optimize Wireless Networks in Areas ff High Traffic Demand

New Release Offers Wi-Fi Support and Introduces New Capabilities to Help Operators Design and Optimize Wireless Networks in Areas ff High Traffic Demand

PARIS, FRANCE- SEPTEMBER 07, 2012 - Infovista, the global leader of IP and RF planning, assurance and optimization software solutions, today announced the release of Mentum Planet 5.5 with Wi-Fi support.

Mentum Planet customers already have the most advanced and accurate network planning solution on the market and with this new release, Infovista added a host of new features and functionality to help operators manage today's complex heterogeneous networks and massive mobile data demand in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.

New features in Mentum Planet 5.5 include:

  • Multi-standard Wi-Fi network modeling
  • Multi-technology data offloading analysis (Heterogeneous networks)
  • 3D network coverage visualization (City Designer)
  • Interactive mode for ACP as well as support for Wi-Fi and WiMAX
  • Further advancement of LTE capabilities (rel. 10 phase 1)

"Before 2020, the world's mobile networks will carry in excess of a zettabyte of data every year. Exponential traffic growth and spectrum shortages make small cells and Wi-Fi the hottest topics in the industry as operators try to cope with the increase in mobile data demand," commented Bernard Breton, Chief Operating & Strategy Officer at Infovista. "Mentum Planet's fully-integrated Wi-Fi module provides operators with the opportunity to utilize Wi-Fi as a means of coping with soaring traffic demand. This module supports all Wi-Fi standards as well as multi-technology data offloading and automated cell planning and will be pivotal for wireless operators to ensure that their Wi-Fi networks are optimal from both a customer experience and an economic standpoint."

Mentum Planet 5.5 is presently available across the globe. 

About Infovista

Infovista is the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA) for the next-gen networks era. With its unique NLA approach, Infovista allows communications service providers (CSPs) and enterprises to improve their network performance and customer experience, optimize their productivity, and reduce their costs, while maximizing return on their investments. Spanning the entire network lifecycle, Infovista’s products and solutions leverage an open, integrated, cloud native portfolio that automates tasks, flows, analytics, and decisions to the greatest extent possible. More than 1,000 customers, including 400 Mobile Network Operators, around the world rely on Infovista to plan, design, deploy, test, operate, support, optimize, evolve, report on and monetize their networks – www.infovista.com