Industries

Telecommunications

Operate complex networks with trusted data and service impact visibility.

Telecommunications environments are large, dynamic, and highly interconnected. When inventory and topology data falls behind reality, operations become reactive and risky especially during network expansion or M&A. IKC helps telecom organisations build a practical foundation for scale: event-driven CMDB updates, phased ITOM adoption, and service impact visibility that operators can trust.

Reliable inventory/CMDB foundations without manual upkeep
Lower operational risk through phased rollout and governed practices
Service impact visibility across upstream/downstream relationships

What Telecommunications teams
commonly struggle with

Keeping accurate inventory is inherently hard

Networks are massive; maintaining assets, circuits, ports, and relationships manually doesn't scale.

Complex integration across heterogeneous systems

OSS/BSS/CRM/NMS and other tools create fragmented visibility and duplicated effort.

High availability pressure

Outages have big impact so MTTR and change risk management become critical.

Exploding topology and relationship data

Expansion and acquisitions rapidly increase the volume and complexity of CI relationships.

Large field and operations organisations

Standardising processes and implementing automation consistently is difficult at scale.

Problems we address in real telecom operations

Manual CMDB maintenance becomes unrealistic

The network is too large and changes too frequently for reliable hand-entered updates.

Capacity/port/connectivity data must stay current

Human-driven maintenance creates accuracy and speed limits, impacting operations and decisions.

M&A turns CI and relationship management into a "data explosion"

Topology growth makes CI/relationship onboarding painful and error-prone without automation.

Event-driven foundations
adopted safely in phases

1

Automate CMDB updates using operational signals

  • Use event-driven patterns to create and update CIs and relationships automatically
  • Reduce reliance on manual entry and improve data freshness
2

Introduce ITOM in a phased rollout

  • Start with a small, controlled scope of events
  • Expand gradually to reduce operational risk and build confidence
3

Establish "source of truth" and relationship visibility

  • Use discovery/mapping principles to define authoritative sources and improve data trust
  • Visualise upstream/downstream service impact to support prioritisation and response
4

Operationalise governance and day-2 operations

  • Monitoring, exception handling, reprocessing procedures, and change control
  • Ownership (RACI) and routines that keep the model sustainable

What you gain when telecom foundations are in place

More accurate inventory/CMDB and relationship data with less manual effort

Faster, more consistent response through better impact awareness

Reduced risk during change, network expansion, and acquisitions

A scalable baseline for automation and continuous improvement

Solutions commonly used in Telecommunications programmes

ITOM

Event-to-action alignment, noise reduction patterns, operational dashboards

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Integration

Connect OSS/BSS/CRM/NMS and other data sources to reduce fragmentation

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ITSM

Ticketing, routing, SLAs, and operational discipline aligned to events

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Automation

Orchestrate response steps and standardise repeatable workflows

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AI-based Operations

Incremental assistance for triage and prioritisation (with governance)

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Platforms that enable execution

Client Success Stories

Proven Results in Telecommunications

Real-world implementations that improved network visibility and operational efficiency

National Fiber Network Operator

Phased ITOM solution for nationwide fiber infrastructure with event-driven discovery and automated relationship mapping across thousands of sites.

45%
Faster MTTI
30%
Fewer Outages
1000s
Sites Mapped
ITOM Implementation CMDB Automation Network Discovery

Tier-1 Mobile Network Operator

Service mapping and dependency discovery for 5G infrastructure with custom discovery patterns and automated impact analysis linking technical to business services.

60%
Fewer False Alerts
5G
Infrastructure
Min
Impact Assessment
Service Mapping Dependency Discovery OSS/BSS Integration

Need to scale telecom operations without losing control of inventory and topology?

Tell us where accuracy and visibility break down: inventory, relationship data, event overload, or rollout risk.
We'll define a practical roadmap and deliver a phased programme built for real operations.

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