Steven Potuan
Radio Access Network Manager at Vodafone Papua New Guinea- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Vodafone Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea
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Telecommunications
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100 - 200 Employee
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Radio Access Network Manager
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Feb 2020 - Present
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Bemobile Limited
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Papua New Guinea
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Telecommunications
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200 - 300 Employee
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NOC Manager
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May 2018 - Feb 2020
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Technical Manager
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Feb 2017 - Apr 2018
Manage technical operations of the network in Solomon Islands to stabilize and ensure network up-time to 99.3% as per global Vodafone requirement through implementing procedures, processes and strategical methods necessary with minimal operation expense.
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Bemobile Limited
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Papua New Guinea
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Telecommunications
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200 - 300 Employee
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Base Station System (BSS) Engineer
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Aug 2013 - Dec 2016
Manage the daily operations of the BSS & RAN Network; ensure network up-time through preventive maintenance of the BSC/RNC and BTS/NodeB sites and effective fault management in case of fault occurrence.• Provide drive and co-ordination in daily BSS & RAN operations performance of all sites on the Network.• Responsible for implementing changes to Mobile Core, Base Station and NodeB equipment during site rearrangements.• Perform tracking of dependency issues or faults to ensure on time performance meets specific targets.• Escalate any issues or faults to RAN Manager and Huawei support that are likely to cause a delivery miss or impact on mobile site availability KPI's.• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.• Establish & maintain quality working relationships with all the technical teams and regional based radio teams in and the appointed contractors. Show less
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Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer
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Sep 2012 - Aug 2013
Monitor the performance of radio network by conducting drive test and analyzing various reports generated; also with support of field engineers and Core network to rectify radio network problems and improve the network performance and quality.• Drive the daily RF operations and optimization of all sites on the Network.• Provide support in Engineering Planning, Design, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, and Integration of all RF network elements.• Support all projects related to the RF network elements.• Provide proposals and recommendations on network quality improvement. Show less
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Network Operations Center (NOC) Supervisor
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Oct 2011 - Sep 2012
- Supervise NOC officers on 24/7 basis - Fuel Management Reporting - Network Monitoring - Ensure that respective sites have sufficient fuel on site to avoid fuel run dry. - Produce daily fuel status reports for senior management and technical (BSS) team. - Produce weekly reports for the NOC Manageress. - Ensure that all NMS are working and outages are monitored, tracked and restored. - Monitor network performance, fuel levels and report daily to technical (BSS) team and fuel contractors respectively. - Manage and plan monthly refuelling schedule for respective regions (NCD, Momase & Highlands). Show less
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Network Operations Center (NOC) Officer
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Feb 2011 - Oct 2011
- Network & Alarm monitoring - Daily Network Summary Reports
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PNG Power Ltd
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Port Moresby
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Trainee - Tests & Standards Officer
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Dec 2009 - Jan 2010
As university’s final year pre-requisite, I underwent six weeks of Industrial training with Test & Standards division. For the first three weeks, I was involved in calibration and testing, repair and refurbishing of Energy Meters. The remaining three weeks involved testing new and repaired power station panel instruments. Also I assisted in the installation of Electrical Loggers for customer load surveying. As university’s final year pre-requisite, I underwent six weeks of Industrial training with Test & Standards division. For the first three weeks, I was involved in calibration and testing, repair and refurbishing of Energy Meters. The remaining three weeks involved testing new and repaired power station panel instruments. Also I assisted in the installation of Electrical Loggers for customer load surveying.
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Education
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Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics (B.S.A.P), Applied Physics with Electronics & Instrumentation -
Gerehu Secondary School
Higher School Certificate, Grade 12