Europe : NetTest, a leading worldwide provider of testing, monitoring and management solutions for advanced and converged networks, today introduced the industry's first, comprehensive suite of monitoring and testing products that empower wireless operators to make better decisions for increasing revenue and user satisfaction from UMTS networks.

Inset is Allan Vestergaard, CEO and President, NetTest who is quoted below.

Incorporating significant input from its growing number of wireless networking customers, NetTest designed the suite - comprised of MasterQuest UMTS, Compass UMTS and InterQuest Analyzer - so that "greenfield" 3G operators and GPRS carriers migrating to 3G can confidently build new revenue streams and ensure a quality user experience. The products allow NetTest customers to rapidly deploy UMTS networks, launch new services such as voice, video streaming, MP3 digital audio and Web-browsing, and vastly improve QoS for end users.

"Network operators need accurate, real-time reporting to make solid business decisions for maximising revenues from 3G services," said Philip Marshall, Director, Wireless Mobile Technologies, The Yankee Group. "NetTest is fulfilling this requirement with a complete suite of products for monitoring and testing UMTS networks."

NetTest's suite addresses the wireless operator's need for a powerful and cost-efficient migration path, allowing them to scale current monitoring and testing from a single location to the entire network, and protecting their initial investment while allowing for the roll-out of revenue-enhancing services.

"NetTest is very attentive to our customers' needs, and we strive to ensure that we introduce new solutions at the right time, which provide information needed by our customers to make the right business decisions about their evolving business in a coordinated fashion", says Allan J Vestergaard, CEO and President, NetTest.

Product Information and Availability

MasterQuest UMTS and Compass UMTS are now available to customers. InterQuest UMTS will be available in December 2003.

MasterQuest UMTS, an extension of the successful MasterQuest product line, provides a network-wide view of advanced services performance for business-level executives.

Compass UMTS provides in-depth analysis for troubleshooting and optimisation, assisting in rapid service performance. Compass supports IP analysis on user service carried across UMTS, processing and presenting data with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for call and network elements (i.e. per call, per area, by individual nodes). This allows operators to see end-to-end service performance as tracked by users, so they can make the right business decisions for optimally operating the network.

InterQuest Analyzer is a one-box solution in the final stages of development. InterQuest isolates specific parts of the network to capture and analyse data on the protocol and systems levels, helping to bring a network online quickly and to synchronise all network elements - activities that are critical to realising fast ROI from advanced services.