According to a 2024 Heavy Reading survey, 62% of network operations managers say their biggest pain point is “invisible” site issues that only show up after deployment, think ghost outages, intermittent interference, or configuration mismatches that slip through standard checks.

Our engineers have seen it all. From a cell site that passed every test but failed during peak hours because of a misconfigured antenna, to a crossed sector that was not identified for more than two years.

What most people don’t realize is that traditional validation tools only look at static parameters. The real world is dynamic. Our team has discovered, in more than one occasion, recurring issues by cross-referencing field data with live customer complaints, something most tools can’t do. This has led to a fix to prevent PR impact on our clients.

Streambow’s XCellSite doesn’t just validate against a checklist, it correlates real-time field data with customer experience metrics, catching issues before they escalate. And it’s not just us, TM Forum found that 25% of post-deployment incidents are due to issues missed during initial validation.

For network operations managers, field technicians, and data analysts, having proper validation tools and processes means fewer surprises, faster fixes, and a lot less stress.