Optimization and
Planning

Technologies and networks are always evolving, and a constant need exists for architectural and planning intelligence as corporations move from TDM to VoIP to Unified Communications. At the same time, companies need to migrate to next generation networks in the most cost efficient manner while maintaining optimal service quality and performance. The ETM® System can provide a rich set of voice network analytics to aid in migration planning while reducing the cost of your future network.

But while planning is important, nearly all enterprise voice networks could benefit from more powerful base-lining and optimization intelligence today. Voice network resources such as trunks, phone extensions, and fax resources can accumulate over time and become cost inefficient due to underutilization. Or an under-provisioning of resources may be hindering productivity and revenues. Despite the large opportunity to reduce costs and/or increase productivity, most organizations find it challenging to efficiently baseline and optimize their existing infrastructure and expenditures. Areas where we commonly find opportunities for our customers to optimize to reduce infrastructure costs include:

•	Voice service over-trunking and right-sizing opportunities.
•	Unused 1FB/PBX bypass lines.
•	Underutilized or orphaned phone extensions.
•	Inefficient fax resources.
•	Trunk capacity lost to unauthorized traffic.
•	Inefficient call routing plans.
•	VoIP toll bypass line/tie line/software defined network (SDN) opportunities, and more.

The ETM® System can help you dramatically reduce corporate voice/UC expenses by using resource optimization reports to baseline, right-size and plan trunking infrastructure, measure utilization rates for voice/UC resources and services, improve call routing plans, highlight VoIP toll bypass opportunities, and plan your most cost effective VoIP/UC migration build-out.