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Resume Title: Core telecom nodes (MSC, BSC, MSS , MGW) integration, operations & maintenance expert
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Experience level: 5-10 years
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Objective: Aspiring to excel in the corporate world and giving a significant contribution towards the growth of organization through the use of sound planning, strong determination, team work, program development, coordination, systems integration and administration.

Work experience (5+ Years)

February 2006 - Present
Company: Idea Cellular Ltd. (Leading GSM service provider in M.P & C.G circle)
Job Profile: Assistant Manager (O&M) for NSS/BSS network elements

Key responsibilities:
• MSC/HLR operations & maintenance
 Fault troubleshooting of MSC, HLR, MSS nodes
 RTR files backup, CP backup, APG (Burbackup)
 POI augmentation, commissioning and switch database creation
 C7 signaling (MAP, ISUP, SCCP, INAP etc) analysis to fix the problems in calls, sms,
location update etc.ASR improvement using Protocol Analyzer K1205
 Inter MSC handover definition
 Announcement loading in MAST card
 B Number, routing case, end of selection analysis, sanity checks and changes
 High speed signaling link (HSL) creation
 HLR subscriber installation, cleaning and authentication
 AXE parameter changes
 Roaming Partner test SIMs inventory
 Integration of VAS nodes (IVR/EVM/Autodialer/Voice Portal) with MSC
 International & National Roaming IREG Testing, which includes implementation
of roaming database into MSC/HLR, IMSI analysis, GT analysis etc.
 Integration of SDP & SCPs with SSFs.
 Initiate Measurement programs (performance reports) as per requirement

• BSC operations & maintenance
 Fault troubleshooting of BSC, RBSC nodes
 Timely BSC Hardware capacity expansion viz. TRAU, ETC, PCU card/magazine.
 BSC/RBSC Software package loading through OSS
 Ensure BSC CP and APG backups as per schedule
 BTS integration, expansion & commissioning
 BTS migration from one BSC/RBSC to another through OSS
 RBS fault troubleshooting
 Software package loading in ET155 card using HyperTerminal
 External cell definition for inter BSC handover
 Definition of overlaid & underlaid cells in GSM900/GSM1800
 EDGE GPRS definition
 Cell barring to control processor load during peak traffic hours
 BTS radio and cell parameter changes, BTS software changes
 Technical support & guidance to Site engineer
 Co-ordination with the lease line provider in case of any Lease Line outage





• MIS reports
 Preparation, compilation & presentation of Network status report comprising BSC/MSC performance statistics, SMS traffic report, outage report etc.
 Analysis of all N/W quality parameters & raise trigger flag to planning team report in case of exceeding the threshold value of quality parameters.

• Managerial
 Manage implementation / development of relevant O&M processes
 Co-ordination with the vendor Support team in case of any critical system fault
 Ensure network issues are reviewed, reported, progressed and resolved in specified timelines
 Liasioning and acceptance testing with BSNL and other private operators

June 2005 - January 2006
Company: Bharti Televentures Ltd. (NLD & ILD operations in M.P & C.G circle)
Job Profile: Switch engineer for Siemens EWSD V16 L1 TAX switch

Key responsibilities:
 New code/level opening, informing POIs, traffic recording and observation
 Analyzing performance reports for ASR improvement
 Internal & external customer complaint resolution
 Routine and quarterly backups
 AMA cut and CDR processing
 Alarm monitoring and rectification

January 2004 - May 2005
Company: TATA Teleservices Ltd. (CDMA operations in M.P & C.G circle)
Job Profile: Switch engineer for Ericsson AXE810 CDMA switch

Key responsibilities:

• Switch planning
 Switch architecture planning & dimensioning
 Signaling network dimensioning
 POI planning
 Numbering & route plan

• Switch implementation
 Design of MSC layout & supervision of site
 Material inspection against BOQ
 Installation & commissioning of Ericsson AXE 810 Switch
 Database creation of wireless switch (AXE 810)
 Hardware configuration of AXE 810
 Startup & troubleshooting of APG 40
 Troubleshooting of DT
 Signaling link creation, connectivity with billing center, HLR, OSS, CBSC

• Switch operations
 Creation of trunk group
 Maintenance of system data & log files
 Traffic report generation & analysis
 CP, APG, CDR & STS backup on DAT tapes
 Regular call matrix test




July 2000 - April 2001
Company: Reliance telecom ltd. (GSM operations in M.P & C.G circle)
Job Profile: OMC-S engineer for Ericsson AXE10 GSM switch

Key responsibilities:
 Level opening
 Resolution of trouble tickets raised by customer care dept. related to call, SMS, routing etc.
 Subscriber creation with requisite profile
 Acceptance testing (AT) with BSNL & other private operators.
 Alarm handling & fault management

Educational qualifications

EXAM
NAME BOARD/
UNIVERSITY YEAR %
B.E
(Electronics) Devi Ahilya University Jan 2001 to Dec 2003 73.7%
DIPLOMA
(Telecom) Rajiv Gandhi Technical University July 1997 to June 2000 80.89%
X BOARD Central Board of Secondary Education June 1996 to May 1997 63.2%

• Pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) from IGNOU

Skill sets

 Hardware: Ericsson AXE10/AXE810 core network integration & DT preparation. Hands on in APG 40/APG 40C, APZ 212 33C/40/50, IOG 20, Siemens EWSD V16.
 Signaling/Protocols: SS7, R2mfc, V5.2, ISDN
 Applications: WinFiol, BMML, Open FT, PC Anywhere, Citrix PN, WinCMD, MS Access, MS Excel, Real VNC, Business Objects, Network Analysis tool, Integrator, Edit plus, Reflection X
 Networking: Routers, TCP/IP, OSI, modems

Technical trainings

 GSM MSS R4, GSM core network (MSS & MGW) planning, GSM MSC/VLR Operations
 AXE Operations, GSM BSC Operations, APG40 O&M

Achievements

 Implementing process of switching off TRUs of market fill-in sites resulting in OPEX savings of 4 Lacs per annum
 Yellow belt certificate on successful completion of ASR improvement project with POIs.
 Quick restoration of BSC/MSC/HLR post lightening that strike the premises and resulted in major outage
 Appeared for All India Graduate aptitude test examination (GATE) in the year 2004 and scored 92 percentile

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

RAVI SHAH
 
Most Recent Employer: Idea Cellular Ltd.
Job Title: Astt. Manager- O&M
Start Month/Year: 01/2006
End Month/Year: Current
City: Indore
Country: India
Description: AXE810 operation & maintenance includes carrying out core network expansion.
Background and Experience
 
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
School Name: SICA SS SCHOOL
Major: Telecom
City: Indore
Country: India
Graduation Date: 30/12/2003
Description: Not Specified
Languages
Language Level
 
English Fluent
Job Preferences
Job Category: 3g/GSM/CDMA/UMTS
Job Type: Any
Job Status: Flexible
Desired Salary: $0 Unspecified
Desired Location: Not Specified
Willing to Relocate: Yes
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