Muhammad Farrukh Shahzad has over 10 years of experience in telecom transmission planning for 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. He is currently a team lead for Ericsson Saudi Arabia providing consultation on 3G/4G broadband transmission solutions and planning. Previously he has held transmission planning and implementation roles for Ericsson and Warid Telecom in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

1. Muhammad Farrukh Shahzad +966542192038 / +92-321-4006030
MUHAMMAD FARRUKH SHAHZAD
WORK EXPERIENCE
 Proven as Multi Disciplined, management skills and a team player in numerous projects, having
implemented and developed new systems and the best available technology whilst working towards
quality and safety parameters. Diplomatic management style which empowering, developing and
encouraging a self development culture. Management experience includes international experience of
Transmission Planning also benefiting from project management Background. Now looking for new
Management position that offers career consolidation and progression in Pakistan, 10 years’ Experience in
Telecom (All experience in 2G/3G/LTE Broadband Transmission).
ERICSSON SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 2014 to Date)
• Currently working as Team lead 3G/4G LTE Transmission Consultant for Ericsson Saudi Arabia for
(Mobily Project)
WORK EXPERIENCEWORK EXPERIENCE
• Broadband TRM Solution and Planning consultant for Microwave, dimensioning Link-Budgeting and Interference
Analysis for Microwaves of Ericsson Minilink TN/CN/PT
JOB RESPONSIBILITIESJOB RESPONSIBILITIES
 Prepare 3G/4G Broadband Transmission Solution and Planning for Mobily Project. To present Project Plan for Pre
Sales and to get approval for all Transmission Plan form Customer, Issue Designs and I.E Package for Equipment on
site and necessary documents to RAN. DCN plan for new upcoming and rerouted sites
 Prepare project plan for Transmission Network for NERA Swap with Ericsson Minilink for LTE and Wi-Fi Sites
(Mobily Network) for Long Haul and short haul Microwave links for Implement Resilience and Protection
plans/Route Diversity for heavy capacity and CORE ROUTES over Microwave links
ERICSSON SAUDI ARABIA (Jan 2014 to Sep 2014)
Work experience TRANSMISSION IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATOR ERICSSON
MAJOR PROJECTMAJOR PROJECT
• SUCCESSFUL 3G IP Migration Hajj 1435 Project (MOBILY) Saudi Arabia.
• In Hajj 1435, Succeeding in delivering a complete scope and exceeding expectations regardless of the aggressive deadline set,
the scope of the project was to migrate the 3G scope in Hajj area from ATM to IP for KSA Mobily Network. The agreement
with the customer was to deliver all MINA sites as IP and ARAFAT sites as ATM and IP with the best effort that resulted in a
successful full IP delivery highlighting again the success in overriding obstacles in this congested and busy area during this time
of the year.
• IP solution will allow Mobily to enhance the 3G Network by increasing throughput, reducing latency, improving end user
experience, and increasing site capacity as it is considered a part of the transmission network modernization
JOB RESPONSIBILITIESJOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• To ensure all team members follow Ericsson/local regulations of standard safety and health.
Manage and supervise the implementation, ensure work force of Technicians in a way that enables to keep the
installation work in expecting according to installation instructions, manuals, SID given by Ericsson for installation
of Telco Equipment. Schedule implementation and installation inspection verification form QA. Take corrective
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action towards ASP’s team if deviation from quality and lead-time is apparent. Provide accurate status information
on the implementation and installation progress, Schedule Site Acceptance with the Customer
• Deal with the troubleshooting during the configuration of new elements into the system, Responsible for performing
full scope of integration activities, Produce the appropriate configuration data which is needed during testing &
integration. Organizes the escalations procedure of problems to ensure that major problems are dealt with by
appropriate function.
• Managing Project Implementation team for Transmission readiness end to end testing for Microwave and fiber
interfaces Minilink TN with hybrid MW, HYBRID OMS (SPO 1400 Series).Supervising implementation of
transmission nodes (GE, SDH, PDH, ATM, ETH, MW, SPO) links E2E testing, responsible for visibility of
network, Rollout and Project Delivery timelines, Responsible for coordination B/W ASP, IE, TND team and
customer. To achieve the rollout delivery targets, and acceptance of Installed equipment, coordinating with Quality
& MNS and Customer for Acceptance of links & core nodes
ERICSSON SAUDI ARABIA (Jan 2011 to Jan 2014)
• 3G/4G LTE Transmission Consultant for Ericsson Saudi Arabia (Mobily Project)
MAJOR PROJECTMAJOR PROJECT
• SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL LAUNCH OF 4G LTE NNETWORK (MOBILY) Saudi Arabia.
 Member of Broadband Transmission Network Design
• 4G/LTE Transmission Feasibility Study /RFP for all west region, proposed MW equipment/TN upgrade in order to
convert the 3G network to 4G, frequency Planning and BOQ assignment for MW links, with IP transmission
• Successful completion of Hajj (4 Years) Project to expand the coverage and Capacity requirements for Hajj Pilgrims,
Mobily (Our customer) was acknowledged as the best Network during Hajj period
• SUCCESSFUL COMBINING & CONVERSION OF MW LINKS DATA & TOOLS
Successful combining and Conversion of Microwave frequency Planning data from TEMS tools to MENTUM
LINK PLANNER tool
WORK EXPERIENCEWORK EXPERIENCE
• IP/ATM MW TXN Planning for TN-R5 for data routing, Microwave Short Haul and Long Haul planning, Link-
Budgeting and Interference Analysis for Microwaves of Ericsson Minilink TN/PT, Marconi MDRS-S/MDRS-EC
PDH/SDH Microwave Links
JOB RESPONSIBILITIESJOB RESPONSIBILITIES
 Working as 3G/4G Broadband Transmission Planning for Mobily Project. To present Project Plan and to get approval
for all Transmission Plan form Customer, Issue Designs and I.E Package for Equipment on site and necessary
documents to RAN. DCN plan for new upcoming and rerouted sites
 Finalize the BOQ for new, running and upcoming Phases and decide the equipment and finalize the equipment and
services with customer Prepare project plan for Transmission Network Implementation for Long Haul and short haul
Microwave links for different phases/vender, Implement Resilience and Protection plans/Route Diversity for heavy
capacity and CORE ROUTES over Microwave links.
WARID TELECOM (June 2006 to January 2011)
• Team Lead Transmission Center region (Engineering Division) for Microwave Transmission Network Planning &
Optimization in Warid Telecom (Pvt) Ltd
MAJOR PROJECTSMAJOR PROJECTS
• Successful Commercial launch Of Warid GSM (May 15,2005)
I Was the Member of Access Network Transmission Planning & Team leader of Technical Implementation Team.
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• Successful Re- Launch of Warid GSM (May 17,2008)
I was the Team leader of Access Network Transmission Planning team Central Region. I and my team of
Transmission Planning delivered the transmission plan for the largest rollout phase of Warid (Phase 6) Overall
Engineering team achieved the fastest rollout/month and coverage milestone of Pakistan, in which we have delivered
end to end the plan for 2200 sites in One year
• Successful combining & Conversion of MW links Data & Tools
Successful handover of Microwave planning from Vendors to In house, combining and Conversion of Microwave
frequency Planning data from Multi /Miscellaneous (Path LOS, CONNECT and TEMS) tools to One Planning
tool
WORK EXPERIENCEWORK EXPERIENCE
• Microwave Short Haul and Long Haul planning, Link-Budgeting and Interference Analysis for Microwaves of
Ericsson Minilink-E Classic, TN/HC, and RAUX, NERA Citylink/Interlink and Evolution s, Marconi
MDRS-S/MDRS-EC, NEC Passo MX/Plus and Passo Neo, Huawei Optix RTN 610/620 PDH/SDH
Microwave Links
• Access Network Design (PDH), Abis Dimensioning on Microwave/Fiber from originating BTS to Hub site and
from Hub site to BSC and TN, and RTN Node Planning for modem cards slot allocation.
.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Working as Team Leader for Microwave Transmission Planning and Technical Implementation. And SPOC for
Vendors Ericsson and Huawei
• Design Transmission Network for Long Haul and short haul for different Vendors NEC PASOLINK V3/V4,
MX/Plus, Paso-NEO, Ericsson ML-TN, Huawei RTN610 and RTN620 for Abis traffic and MARCONI
MDRS-EC/ MDRS-S and NERA City link/ NERA INTERLINK for Abis and Core Network. and to Re-route
traffic according to requirements. Prepare plans for Abis traffic Dimensioning, Mux Plan and Traffic Routing
on E1 Level for Macro and Micro BTS/RBS and prepare Resilience and Protection plans/Route Diversity for
Heavy capacity and CORE LINKS and Lease Line media
• Investigating and summarize critical technical faults for the transport network if needed by Monitoring the
Performance of Minilink and Marconi MDRS-S/EC, to avoid interference and Link Fading or outage due to
BAD weather & provide the Technical Support to regions and collect the updates from vender and regions.
MYSON ENGINEERING SYSTEM (January, 2005 to June, 2006)
• One & half Year Work Experience Myson Engineering Systems, Permanent vendors of NEC (Japan) for Mobilink,
Sub Contractors of HUAWEI, ALCATEL, ERICSSON, NOKIA, SIEMENS,STARTEX, NERA & CM-PAK for
Telecom Projects in Pakistan. (January, 2005 to June, 2006).
WORK EXPERIENCEWORK EXPERIENCE
• Work Experience of Microwave Short Haul and Long Haul planning, Link-Budgeting and Interference Analysis for
Microwaves of NOKIA FLEXIHOPPER PLUS, and RRI, Alcatel-Lucent MDR8711, 9400_Awy and 9600usy,
ERICSSON Mini-Link HC/TN Link for CM-PAK GSM and Warid GSM.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIESJOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Transmission Network Implementation for NEC Paso V3/V4, Plus, Paso-NEO, Ericsson Mini-Link, Huawei
RTN610 and RTN620 for Abis traffic and MARCONI MDRS-EC/ MDRS-S and NERA City link/ NERA
INTERLINK for Abis and Core Network
• Providing Technical help/guidance for Draft/LOS/Interconnect surveys in the Centre Region Pakistan
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4. Muhammad Farrukh Shahzad +966542192038 / +92-321-4006030
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGSPROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
 GPRS Core Network Planning from ERICSSON EDUCATION & TRAINING CENTER
 TELLABS 6300 SERIES NODES WITH CRAFT TERMINAL (WARID INTERNAL)
 MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION DESIGN GUIDELINES (WARID INTERNAL)
 Microwave Transmission Engineering and Link Planning From TELEFOCAL ASIA
 Huawei OPTIX RTN600 Series Microwave Planning, Configuration, Operation & Maintenance
Engineering from Training Centre Huawei Technologies CO, Ltd
 Workshop on Microwave LOS Communication System (SIEMENS CTR 210), Optical Fibre Splicing
Techniques & Resistance Calculation, PSTN Switching System (Ericsson AXE 10, Siemens EWSD), Optical
SDH Transmission System (Huawei DWDM) & Fault Detecting Equipment in Telecommunication Staff
College Haripur Hazara.
WORKING EXPERIENCE OFNETWORK PLANNING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE PACKAGESWORKING EXPERIENCE OFNETWORK PLANNING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE PACKAGES
 Mentum Link Planner 8.2.1 TEMS Link Planner (6.8.2)
 Pathloss 4.0 Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010
 MAP Info (10.x)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONACADEMIC INSTITUTION
M.Sc (2002-04) GC University Lahore.
Telecommunication
PERSONALPERSONAL
House No. 3 Street 32 Canal Park Gulberg II Lahore,
Mob# +966-542192038 +92-321-4006030
rosectn@gmail.com
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