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    How much does network congestion cost the operator?

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    Adding "real time cell awareness" could save an operator with 120,000 base stations €1.48 million a month in lost revenues, network assurance company CommProve has said today.

    CommProve said that a "congested" base station could cost an operator €1700 per month per base station. Basing its calculations on an operator with 120,000 base stations, CommProve has extrapolated losses to that monthly loss of nearly €1.5 million.

    Commprove provided the following table to show its working, which it said came from data collected from its own network operator customers:

    Example Use Case*: (Euro)
    Monthly revenue from 1 BTS with congestion €55,500
    Monthly revenue from 1 BTS without congestion €57,200
    Number of BTSs full coverage 120,000
    Estimated number of congested BTSs 8,400
    Estimated number of congested hours (in a month) 75
    Revenue loss saving per month €1,487,500

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