Project: Exchange Evacuation, Migration and Shifting of DON
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CE 3.1 Project InformationName of the project: Exchange Evacuation, Migration and shifting of DON and Accessnetwork elementsLocation of the project: Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesProject Duration: From July of 2015 till presentOrganization: Etisalat Facilities Management Role and Designation during the time: Field Manager CE 3.2 Company BackgroundEtisalat Facilities Management is a well-reputed company that has more than fivethousand sites that are operating within the United Arab Emirates. It is considered to have thelargest network in the business of facilities management. It is known for offering soft and hardfacilities management as well as consultation services for the Etisalat International Operations inseveral countries within Africa, Asia and GCC. Etisalat Group is known to be one of the leadingtelecommunication groups in the world. It has high credit ratings and is amongst the profitabletelecom groups. It is known for its innovative solutions to 162 million subscribers across 16countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. This group aims to provide the best customerservice internationally as well as domestically.
CE 3.3 Project BackgroundCE 3.3.1 Characteristics of the projectThe exchange evacuation, migration and shifting of DON and access network elementsproject was undertaken by the Etisalat Facilities Management, which is under the Etisalat Group.This project started in the month of July in 2015. This project was conducted in Sharjah, UnitedArab Emirates. This project was undertaken for the purpose of identifying and recoveringequipments that were unused from the exchange. This project was planned to migrate theequipments that were carrying traffic to new exchange building. CE 3.3.2 Objectives developed for the projectOne of the main objectives of this project was to evacuate the exchange as well as shiftthe access network equipments especially Alcatel 1515 cross-connect racks that were having themost of the DON or digital overlay network equipments. The objective of this project was also toidentify all the active equipments that were present in the network of Etisalat on which noservices were running. This project was aimed at planning for recovery and optimizing theexisting equipments for saving cost and for better management of the network for the purpose ofoperations. CE 3.3.3 My area of workI was appointed as the Field Manager for this project. The management wanted me toprepare a detailed action plan and give a proposal about network shifting. I was also asked toprepare a detailed recovery and equipment identification plan. My area of work was to optimizeand migrate at backhaul and at the side of the end device that was situated at different locations. Iwas under the supervision of the Expert Engineer of the Integrated Services Management. I had
to work in a team of 5 to 6 technicians whose responsibility was to assist me in the execution ofthe project plan. I had to make sure that our team has a good coordination with the data and fixedaccess operation teams. My area of work was to check the working type of the circuits ondifferent equipments. We had shortlisted 180 equipments for rerouting purpose. I had tocategorise the customers based on the type of circuit. Most of the equipments were not on NMSand my area of work was to ensure that every detail is sent to the FAO for migration purpose.
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