NetworkAccess, from Lepton Software

NetworkAccess, from Lepton Software, creates a Digital Twin used to plan, design, rollout, and manage a Fibre Network. A cloud-based platform, NetworkAccess is a flagship GIS-based suite of the product by Lepton, a provider of Telecom Network Lifecycle product applications, to help Telecom, ISP’s & Broadband providers in their plan to cash journey. A flagship product for Lepton, NetworkAccess allows the user to inventorize the fiber and wireless networks. Once the network is inventorized, the application helps users with planning, operations, and business teams. The suite of products includes the solution for the entire lifecycle of the networks which includes Strategic planning, Network planning, Network rollout, Client Acquisition feasibility, Operations support and Network performance optimization.

As a fiber planning and inventory solution, NetworkAccess is sold to major Telecom, ISP’s & Broadband providers; the vendor boasts more than 65% market share in India. NetworkAccess is a solution based on Google Map which is a business-centric geospatial engine to help telecoms manage Network Inventory, Improve feasibility results, optimize Field force Operations resulting in automation of processes, better control over mundane tasks, and reduced overhead costs.

For telecoms, the vendor states that NetworkAccess helps to:

• Rollout New Areas - Assess the market potential of the new area with automatic planning for a greenfield or brownfield rollout.
• Plan Smartly, Build Efficiently - Handover the Network Design to contractors and effectively track the build progress.
• Capture Field Updates - Keep the Network data up-to-date by capturing the changes made in field and eliminate discrepancies, by using Mobile App for field engineers.
• Network Augmentation - Do proactive network augmentation and enhancements by closely monitoring Network Capacity and load.
• Smarter Service Qualification - Qualify customer leads quickly and accurately, by performing feasibility to provide the requested services, by means of Wireline and Wireless network resources available.
• Mobilize Field Force Smartly - Improve Operational SLAs by allocating the field crew for a rapid response to incidents. Proactive patrolling for maintenance and faster MTTR and operations.