With the wisdom distilled from over a 1500 installs, Chronos' knowledge in the field of telecom network synchronisation is second to none. Blend in Chris Farrow, Technical Manager, who worked with Marconi’s System X National Synchronisation Subsystem (NSS) during the 90s and has detailed knowledge of frequency & time generation & distribution systems, including atomic clocks, quartz oscillators, GNSS, SDH/SONET, DWDM, SyncE and NTP/PTP; with Charles Curry founder and MD with over 30 years experience in sync and timing to make a formidable team. We relish the challenges and opportunities created by telecom network sync problems.
Chronos provides a wide range of equipment Training classes for users, network planners and operators of TimeProviders and GNSS timing products. Beyond this is the Sync Masterclass - delivered regularly to over 1500 sync professionals since 1999, both as a public and private class. The Sync Masterclass is a two day event with a non-commercial, pure knowledge bias to bring everyone from technician to strategic network planner up to speed with the latest sync issues and rules.
Beyond the knowledge teaching is the testing consultancy - The Chronos Sync Audit is a bespoke testing service aimed at trouble shooting sync problems quickly and effectively and providing a solution going forward which will ensure they do not reoccur. In addition Chronos has performed strategic sync testing consultancy to evaluate products and services to ensure that they are fit for purpose or perform to network requirements.
Consultancy
Consultancy
Chronos can field arguably the most experienced team in the world for sync & timing knowledge. We can draw on the experience of significant experts in this specialist field, we relish any challenge and we have never failed to deliver comprehensive advice and value creating knowledge transfer to our clients as evidenced by these Customer Endorsements.
The team includes:
- Charles Curry Managing Director who has been selling time and frequency products since the mid 70s and sold his first Cesium for PRC work in 1980
- Chris Farrow Technical Manager who has detailed knowledge of frequency & time generation & distribution systems including atomic clocks, quartz oscillators, GNSS, SDH/SONET, DWDM, SyncE and NTP/PTP
- Steve Newcombe Account Manager who has built a successful manufacturing business, and a service and support organisation for enterprise NTP; and has conducted research into the remote management of telecommunications systems
- Calum Dalmey Technical Manager brings over 15 years' product marketing experience in the telecoms and military markets
- Steve Wells Account Manager who brings over 20 years' network design engineering and timing and sync sales experience from Cable & Wireless and Microchip
- John Lyons Engineering and Projects Manager who has managed the global installation of over 1500 GPS GNSS and SSU systems
- Richard Elsmore Sales Support Engineer who has over 18 years’ experience in dealing with the development of sync technology as we roll out projects involving PTP and 5G
- Tony Flavin Strategic Research Manager who joined BT in 1974 and was latterly responsible for BT’s timing platforms supporting frequency time and phase across all of its platform domains
- Jason Meek Customer Support Manager who has over 15 years’ experience in providing sync support for our customers
- Darren Share Customer Support Engineer who has over 12 years’ experience in providing technical assistance to our customers
General
- Next Generation Sync advice, solutions, knowledge and the convergence of time and timing
- Strategic advice on future needs for synchronisation
- Sync Audits™ - featuring: data collection, analysis, & reporting
- ITSF and WSTS steering group membership and speaking
- Associate members of the ITU Standards Committee (ITU-T SG15/Q13) which sets the rulebook for timing in telecommunication networks
- Product performance evaluation testing and design advice
- Design and planning of synchronisation networks for classic SDH and new NGN architecture
- Workshops - tailored to specific needs
Mobile and Fixed Line Operators
- Mobile Operators - independent proof that your backhaul links are of acceptable quality. Drive up QOS
- Fixed Line Operators - confirmation your infrastructure is engineered on firm foundations. Sync is a differentiator
- All Operators - trusted advisor for anything "sync". We act as an impartial third party when bandwidth agreements are signed
- KPIs and SLAs - Advice on managing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and Service Level Agreements (SLA)
Product Manufacturers/SIs
- Prove your products are fit for purpose for Next Generation Network interoperability
- Prove your products are performing to the relevant Standards
- Cost-reduce your product while still maintaining satisfactory sync performance
- Choose the right synchronisation features for your next product development
- Implement your own sync test environment to improve product cost and quality
