Service Management

NEC XON Systems and PowerX link up to support African networks

NEC XON Systems and PowerX link up to support African networks

NEC XON Systems and PowerX have announced a strategic partnership to deliver intelligent remote management system (RMS) and energy efficiency solutions for large, distributed telecommunications networks across Africa.

PowerX is an AI-driven SaaS platform that optimises energy-related infrastructure at scale for telecommunications operators and tower companies globally.

The partnership combines NEC's proven track record of large-scale ICT delivery across Africa with PowerX's machine learning and AI analytics platform.

The result is a single, accountable technology partner able to proactively manage the full cell site infrastructure lifecycle – from design and deployment through to ongoing operations and optimisation.

As the partners explain, Africa's telecommunications sector faces significant operational pressures, including energy inefficiency, remote site management complexity, generator and power asset degradation and infrastructure vulnerability, as well as vandalism and theft at base transceiver station (BTS) sites. 

The combined solution delivers the PowerX hardware-agnostic AI SaaS platform integrated with proven IoT hardware, providing telecommunications operators with a single end-to-end fulfilment and implementation service, enabling full site visibility and remote monitoring across BTS, power systems, and environmental conditions; AI-driven energy optimisation, including generator, solar, batteries and hybrid power monitoring and fuel consumption tracking; and embedded security and tamper-detection capabilities to combat infrastructure vandalism and theft.

The solution also supports predictive and prescriptive maintenance to reduce unplanned downtime and operational expenditure and offers seamless interoperability with existing operator systems and third-party platforms.

SLA-backed support from local NEC Africa engineering teams, ensuring rapid response and continuous optimisation is another part of the offering, as are an end-to-end field services capability spanning design, build, implementation, commissioning and ongoing maintenance.



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