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TMCNet: Lightower to Enhance Visibility and Network Utilization by Implementing NetCracker Resource Management Solution

[July 31, 2015]

Lightower to Enhance Visibility and Network Utilization by Implementing NetCracker Resource Management Solution

NetCracker Technology announced today that Lightower Fiber Networks, a leading provider of custom, high-capacity network services in the United States, has gone live with a substantial upgrade to NetCracker's (News - Alert) Resource Management solution. By using the new solution, Lightower can establish greater visibility into its resources, reducing the time it takes to fulfill orders.

Lightower is one of the largest pure fiber providers in the United States, service cutting-edge solutions to Fortune 500, enterprises and a wide range of other companies. Lightower's network is built on more than 20,000 route miles of fiber.

"Our choice to expand NetCracker's Resource Management solution came from the need to enhance visibility into our resources and streamline the operations process," said Jason Campbell, COO at Lightower. "NetCracker's solution provides the capabilities that we need to optimize performance and deliver a positive customer experience."

Lightower uses NetCracker's solution to manage its expanding fiber-based network. The upgraded NetCracker Resource Management offering provides Lightower with greater visibility, utilization and management of network resources, which enables Lightower to plan and fulfill customer orders more efficiently.

NetCracker's solution also helps Lightower to introduce new technologies and services faster, accelerate order completion and improve customer satisfaction by providing Lightower visualize resources across the network. The NetCracker offering provides graphical views of floor space, rack space, metro Ethernet topology, Ethernet rings, DWDM netorks, SONET networks and VPN in order to improve operations.

As part of the engagement, NetCracker also provided comprehensive professional services, including customization and testing services, in order to help Lightower upgrade and implement network views.

"We are excited to expand our relationship with Lightower and provide it with an upgraded solution that improves visibility into its core operations," said Rohit Agarwal, Vice President of Sales at NetCracker. "We look forward to continuing our longstanding partnership with Lightower and introducing new opportunities for it to grow and evolve its business."

For more information on NetCracker's Resource Management solution, please contact Juliet Shavit of SmartMark Communications at .

About NetCracker Technology

NetCracker Technology is the proven partner for cable operators and CSPs in enabling product innovation and bringing IT and networks into the next generation. The end-to-end NetCracker 10 solutions and services portfolio brings together comprehensive business and operations management offerings, big data analytics, service and network orchestration and virtual functions management onto a single cloud-enabled platform. NetCracker's in-depth technical and operational expertise, wide range of professional services and unbroken track record for successful implementations enables operators of all sizes to deploy hybrid virtualized environments, establish end-to-end process visibility, introduce critical new revenue opportunities and deliver personalized customer experience.

For more information about accelerating product and service delivery, optimizing customer experience management and bringing virtualization out of the lab and into production, please visit www.NetCracker.com.

About NEC (News - Alert) Corporation

NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at www.nec.com.

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