When it comes to the outdoor enclosures that house telecom equipment, how much of what goes on outside affects what goes on inside? How much can external forces impact the enclosure? Is the equipment protected, operating at peak efficiency? Protection against destructive weather, thermal, electrical, environmental and mechanical forces is vital to assuring the reliability and revenue-producing capability of telco operators’ wireless and wireline networks. In this issue, we put the spotlight on Emerson Network Power’s NetXtend™ Flex outdoor enclosures line, which attests that the only constant in the ever-changing network design world is Flexibility.   Market Drivers - Employing a Single Enclosure Platform as Best Practice Market Trends - Bridging the Gap Between Flexibility and Single-Platform Standardization Market Enablers - Emerson Network Power’s NetXtend™ Flex Series: Integrated Outdoor Enclosure Solution
	Employing a Single Enclosure Platform as Best Practice To be profitable, telco companies' wireline and wireless networks must be properly deployed, while individual sites must perform reliably, night and day. One way of maintaining network uptime is by investing in quality enclosures to house equipment, especially with regard to remote network sites. More Bridging the Gap Between Flexibility and Single-platform Standardization Network configurations vary from region to region and that at some time or another, all OSP equipment encounters weather extremes, thermal and electrical issues, environmental stresses, and wear from normal usage and accidental mechanical damage. More Emerson Network Power’s NetXtend™ Flex Series: Integrated Outdoor Enclosure Solution While one solution will not solve every problem, Emerson Network Power's global outdoor enclosure has the flexibility to address the wide variety of issues that arise in the OSP environment. More
	The NetXtend™ Flex Series Exactly how much does the world need a new platform of enclosure solutions? The answer is in the NetXtend™ Flex Series and the unique value it offers to telecom players. Watch the video Whether you are figuring out, evaluating or embarking on wireless LTE deployment, there is one less component you need to worry over. Presenting NeXtend Cell Site Series Integrated Enclosure. By Emerson Network Power. Coming April 2011. CONSIDER IT SOLVED™
	Best in class products that display technology leadership, indoor and outside solutions that are modular but can be fully customized as well as network wide monitoring and Energy management solutions that integrate service support around Asia will be featured in future editions of CommsConnect.