Waqas Abbasi, Jr. Executive Transmission O&M

Waqas Abbasi

Jr. Executive Transmission O&M

China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak Ltd)

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication
Experience
7 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 6 Months

Jr. Executive Transmission O&M at China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak Ltd)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2015 to January 2016

as a Regional Team lead responsible for the Scheduled Preventive Maintenance as well Corrective
maintenance activities of the network
* Outage Analysis as per given OMT targets
* Target the frequent outages of platinum sites on daily basis to ensure the desired NA of sites
* RF Issues (HFR, DCR, and TCH improvement Hard ware Issues to maintain voice quality as well call
connectivity issues in the region
* Assigning the tasks to respective Field Teams and getting reports and feedback for the activities to customer
* Arrange weekly & monthly meetings with the Field Teams and Vendors, setting the target dates to resolve
the network problems with effective controlling and tracking approach for producing desired results
* Coordination with the RAN/BSS department to deploy the hardware and software changing in the network
* Ensure the availability of all field teams by 24×7
* Plan the detailed health checks for new deployed sites and ensured that sites are OK with all respects
* Follow up on long outages escalations with the field teams till the resolution and present the RCA to
management.
* Responsible for the subcontractor management and prepare the monthly progress report of outsourced
projects
* Ensure that all subcon field teams have their complete resources and tools as per defined in SLA
* Randomly visits the field to check the field team’s capabilities & skills
* Coordination with other departments Security, Fueling, and logistics for all related O&M activities.
* Prepare weekly reports of OMT and TCH availability and analysis the root cause of outages and low TCH
* Conduct weekly meeting with customer to discuss the entire network related prevailing issues
* E2E Integration of LTE sites
* E2E integration of 3G sites
* Alarm monitoring and rectification of 3G/4G sites
* Packet loss analysis and rectification
* Data utilization analysis for 3G/4G sites
* Data Traffic cutover of 3G/4G sites from Microwave to FTBTS (Fiber to BTS) PTN nodes
* Network Performance Monitoring
* Troubleshooting Microwave Issues
* Radio Links Performance Monitoring
* Critical Alarms analysis and Alarms rectification
* VLAN design and implementation
* NMS Visibility
* Vendor coordination for Microwave issues
* Microwave Network Availability
* Packet Loss analysis (Data Traffic)
* Preventive Maintenance of HUB Links

Integration Professional at Alcatel-Lucent Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • August 2011 to January 2015

Integration and O&M of ALU SDH network, hands on experience of below mentioned products

Microwave Products: Microwave Packet Radio (MPR 9500 Ver. 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1), 9500 MXC (1-STM-1, 2-STM-1)
SDH Optics: 1642EM, 1650 SMC, 1662 SMC
NMS Products: SAM1650, 1353 NM & 2811, E1 to LAN converters, Cisco Routers & Switches

Transmission Engineer at MYSON Engineering Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2010 to July 2011

 DCN connectivity of MPR-9500 NE’s and ADM NE’s.
 Carried out Traffic cutover on newly installed SDH Rings.
 Configuration of E1 to LAN converters and switches.
 Optical Media mapping and Media verification.
 Optical media integration from DWDM network to MPR Rings and Backbones.
 SDH Ring protection testing at E1 level and STM level
 Coordination with BSS teams for media shifting on SDH/PDH sites.
 Performing Analyzer test of MW link.
 Field provisional acceptance test (PAT) with customer
 Providing L2 operation and maintenance support to customer for SDH rings and backbones which includes
Microwave and SDH optics
 Provided L1 support on NMS
 NE Management from 1353NM
 Trouble shooting of SDH microwave links for Media and NMS related issues.
Project 3: L2 Support (MXC-9500, MPR-9500 and ADMs)
 Providing L2 support to customer for MPR 9500, ADMs and MXC-9500 (IDU and INUe)
 Handling issues related to E1 verification and E1 testing.
 Providing E1s for New sites by SNCP break activities.
 E1 re-routing and RTC drops Analysis

BSS/Transmission Engineer at Data4 Networks Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • August 2008 to June 2010

oArea of Expertise: Huawei projects for Ufone, Zong & PTCL. (NGN, Microwave installation and BTS), SWAP Projects

oProduct Line: HUAWEI RTN 600, 620 and BTS 3900, 3012 and 3600.

oOptix : HUAWE: OSN 3500, UMG 8900,

oData Communication : HUAWEI NE-40, NE-80

Education

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication
  • at International Islamic University
  • September 2008

courses: Pakistan Engineering Council Registration # Electro /9807) CCNA (Routing & Switching) (Certificate ID: 417774169607JMCI)

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication
  • at International Islamic University
  • January 2008

courses: Pakistan Engineering Council Registration # Electro /9807) CCNA (Routing & Switching) (Cert

Specialties & Skills

Microwave
Datacom
Troubleshooting
Field Operations
Telecommunications
Field Operations
DCN Design and Implementation
DOCUMENTATION
ENGINEERING
MICROWAVE
NETWORKING
TROUBLESHOOTING
IP Radios

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

CCNA (R&S) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014
Valid Until:
May 2017