Charles Were

Network Planning & Optimization Engineer @ ZTE Corporation

About

Telecommunication engineer with 13 years of experience in Network Planning and Optimization, Drive Testing, Network Field Maintenance, Network operating Centre with Ericsson & Huawei equipment, TV, Radio, site construction, auditing and survey, computer maintenance, repair, service, hardware and software upgrade, hardware and software installation, networking, data backup and recovery, and telecommunication solutions. Strong analytical skills, trustworthy, God fearing, highly motivated and hard-working person with a high sense of duty and loyalty both professionally and privately. Extremely flexible and can easily adapt to the surroundings without compromising with any of my principles and responsibilities.

Country

Uganda

City

Kampala

Industry

Telecommunications

Skill

Telecommunications Systems, Telecommunication Services, Customer Support, Service Delivery, Call Centers, Troubleshooting, Team Management, ITIL, IT Service Management, Vendor Management, Telecommunications, Technical Support, Customer Service, Windows Server, Customer Satisfaction, Team Leadership, Operating Systems, Windows, Network Design

Experience

Network Planning & Optimization Engineer

ZTE Corporation

2025-5 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

Achieve & maintain the Radio Network Performance as per the contracted KPIs (Accessibility, Retainability, Mobility & Service Integrity) through daily optimization. Drafting and analysis of daily, weekly and monthly 2G/3G/4G KPI report. RF parameter planning & alignment for new 2G/3G/4G sites to be added on the network. RF parameter auditing and optimization for new 2G/3G/4G sites on air. Performed Network Refarming, RNC site Migration & Site cutovers Planning, scheduling and coordinating drive tests for the new added sites on the network. 2G/3G/4G/5G network cluster, benchmark and single site verification drive test Reports review. Daily customer presentations on Network Performance and improvements plans.

NPO-DT ENGINEER

EMERALD TELECOM LTD

2018-4 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

* Performing Analysis & production of SSV reports of new sites on the Network using TEMS Investigation, TEMS Discovery, Actix and Genex Assistant. * SSV reports included submitting 2G/3G/4G/5G plots of RxLev, RxQual, RSCP, EcIo, RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, CA, Servband, ServCI, Cell reselection, PSC, TxPower, PCI, CSFB, CQI, & Data Throughputs, Modulation, Rank Indicator, RF Mode., EARFCN, ARFCN, MODE3.