Muhammad Sarwar

Responsible to ensure smooth O&M of 15, 000 PSTN and broad band lines, (including Access Network, OSP, MSAN (Huawei UA5000), Transmission network, Power and Air-conditioning) provided by NTC to its designated customers across KPK province. Administrative management of about 325 technical and non technical staff is also a Key segment of my responsibilities.

• O &M of IP core network including Juniper M320, M120, M20 and M10i
• O &M of DSL network including DSLAMS (Malc Zyxel & Paradyne) and Huawei BRRAS.
• Planning and project implementation of DSLAM expansion and deployment
• Supervision of ISP Operation.

Planning of Annual Repair and Maintenance plan
Preparation of Annual procurement plan
To Arrange and, manage O&M agreements with vendors, ZTE, Huawei & NSN
To provide input to P&D for the deployment and expansion of telephone Exchanges.
To provide 24/7 support to regions for preventive and corrective maintenance of ZTE (ZX-J10), Siemens (EWSD) switches
Huawei-NGN platform (Soft switch SoftX-3000, SG7000 and UMG 8900)
• Practical hands on experience on Huawei VOIP NGN platform (SoftX3000, MRS, UMG8900, & UA5000), NSN-Legacy (EWSD) and ZTE-ZXJ10 Digital Switches.
• Through knowledge of OSP planning and implementation.
• Thorough knowledge of all the Signaling Messages & Call Flows ( SS7, SIGTRAN, H.248, SIP, ISUP).
• Detailed knowledge of telephony services and standards (PBX, PSTN, Centrex, ISDN, BRI, PRI, DOD, DID, FAX, CDR).
• Advanced knowledge of fixed technologies and network infrastructure: PSTN, NGN, VoIP, DSL, ISDN, GPON and OFAN.
• Expert in OSP & Access Network operation.
• Detail Knowledge of end to end implementation of class -IV telecom services. Power plant AC units and Outside plant

Responsible for managing Telcom and OSP projects to meet project requirements and company objectives. Including managing a multi-functional internal team as well as Suppliers and Contractors for each project.

Project preparation and execution
o To initiate projects with feasibility study, project objectives and scope.
o To perform proper project planning by defining, phases and scheduling.
o To facilitate transparency, involvement and accountability.
o To manage the execution of the project plan and supervise project closure along with
o Provisional and subsequent Final Acceptance as per NTC’s rules.

• Project performance Evaluation
o To ensure project’s proper documentation and meet the defied objectives.
o To pushup field staff for network loading as per the initial scope of the project.

To provide Technical Assistance to all Regions regarding Operation and Maintenance, related to EWSD switches.
To Look after the Switch Expansion activities.
Project Management regarding deployment of new switches and NGN platform.
Involved in the preparation of RFP/RFT document of NGN project, technical analysis and monitoring of the project execution work.
Implementation of Interconnect and to prepare Interconnect document regarding technical and service issues, also remained in my activities

As ADE-ph. I was managing and leading diverse teams of about 50 staff members including engineering supervisors & technicians: As a subdivision incharge I had the following responsibilities
To execute and monitor O&M activities regarding EWSD switch.
To prepare technical estimates and to execute the work regarding Out side Plant (Cables)
Store management and inventory control.
Maintenance and management of cable network.
Air-conditioning and power plant maintenance.

I joined the Industry as Trainee engineer and very soon, was promoted as Assistant Engineer .At the plant I was a member of Technical team who undertakes the responsibility of smooth Electric operation. Besides staff management, I was responsible for:
Calibration of control system and testing of sensors.
To execute and monitor the preventive and breakdown maintenance of Electrical motors and Control systems including PID Controllers, Chiller, Spinning units, Electro-pneumatic control system and PLC based systems.
To look after electrical maintenance activities of 20 Mega-watt power plant.
Maintenance of Fire alarm system and system panels including AC units and Chillers