BICS Partners with Tektronix Communications to Monitor the Quality of Their

RICHARDSON, Texas, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix Communications, a leading worldwide provider of communications test and Network Intelligence solutions, announced that one of the world's largest interconnect service providers of global voice and data services, Belgium-based BICS, has selected the company's GeoProbe system to monitor and maintain service quality as BICS upgrades their network to better handle the increase in interconnect traffic and next-generation IP/multimedia services.

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As one of the largest worldwide interconnect service providers, BICS handles billions of minutes of critical voice and multimedia traffic every year, said Pierre Andre Rulmont, chief technology officer, BICS. We need to prepare our systems for future traffic growth. We have relied on Tektronix Communications' GeoProbe solutions to provide us with the critical insight and real-time information we need to proactively manage our advanced interconnect networks and provide the highest level of quality that our customers have come to expect. This was particularly true in the major infrastructure transition that we have made where Tektronix Communications' tools and support were essential.

With minutes of use exceeding 25 billion, the GeoProbe monitoring system was able to ensure a smooth transition during this process through the real-time and historical monitoring and trending of interconnect traffic and quality, said Mark Driedger, vice president, Network Management, Tektronix Communications. By closely collaborating to meet BICS' challenges, we were able to ensure a smooth transition as they future-proof their system by providing support for their legacy systems and new platforms to meet the higher demands of growing traffic.