Network & automation consultancy · UAE and Europe

Carrier-grade networks, designed and automated to last.

NexGen designs, deploys, and assures service-provider and enterprise networks — from FTTH access to the IP core — and builds the automation that makes every rollout repeatable and verifiable.

Double CCIE
#27855 · R&S + Service Provider
17+ years
Carrier & enterprise networks
Cisco · Juniper · Ciena
Multi-vendor delivery
SUBSCRIBERS · SITES FTTH ACCESS BNG · EDGE IP CORE INTERNET
Cisco IOS-XR/ BNG & broadband edge/ Cisco NSO automation/ RADIUS / AAA/ MEF carrier Ethernet/ IKEv2 & FlexVPN/ Y.1564 acceptance testing
What we do

Specialist engineering across the full service path

NexGen works where design decisions meet live traffic. We take on the parts of the network most teams would rather hand to a specialist — the broadband edge, transport, automation, and secure connectivity — and we stay on to support them.

Network design & architecture

Service-provider and enterprise network design done to production standard: broadband edge (BNG), FTTH/PPPoE and IPoE access, IP/MPLS core, and subscriber management on Cisco IOS-XR — sized for scale and documented so your team can own it.

  • ASR 9000
  • NCS 5500
  • BNG / PPPoE / IPoE
  • QoS

Network automation & orchestration

Turning a validated design into a repeatable, verifiable rollout. Cisco NSO service models, NETCONF/YANG, RADIUS/AAA integration, and Python tooling that removes hand-configured drift and makes provisioning consistent from the first site to the thousandth.

  • Cisco NSO
  • NETCONF / YANG
  • Python
  • RADIUS integration

Carrier Ethernet & service delivery

MEF-aligned Ethernet services — E-Line, EPL and EVPL — designed, provisioned, and activated over carrier transport. We handle service OAM, activation, and the operational detail that decides whether a service passes acceptance the first time.

  • MEF 2.0
  • E-Line / EPL / EVPL
  • Ciena transport
  • Service OAM / CFM

Secure connectivity

Encrypted transport and access built on standards, not appliances-by-default. Site-to-site and remote-access VPN with IKEv2 and FlexVPN, network segmentation, and hardening of routing and edge platforms so security is part of the design rather than bolted on after.

  • IKEv2
  • FlexVPN
  • Segmentation
  • Edge hardening

Assurance, testing & ongoing support

A design is only proven when the numbers back it up. We run Y.1564 service activation testing, SIT/UAT validation, and structured fault isolation — then stay on for design-and-support engagements so the network keeps performing after handover. When something breaks at 2am, you have someone who already knows the topology.

  • Y.1564 acceptance testing
  • SIT / UAT validation
  • Fault isolation & RCA
  • Performance verification
  • Design & support retainers
Under the hood

The stack we work in every day

This is hands-on, production-grade experience — the platforms, protocols, and standards behind large-scale broadband and carrier Ethernet networks.

Routing & broadband edge

  • Cisco IOS-XR (ASR 9000, NCS 5500)
  • BNG subscriber management
  • PPPoE & IPoE access
  • IP / MPLS & L2/L3 VPN
  • Hierarchical QoS

Transport & carrier Ethernet

  • MEF 2.0 service definitions
  • E-Line / EPL / EVPL
  • Ciena carrier Ethernet
  • Ethernet OAM & CFM
  • Ring & LAG resiliency

Automation & orchestration

  • Cisco NSO service models
  • NETCONF / YANG
  • Python & templated provisioning
  • RADIUS / AAA integration
  • Config validation & drift control

Secure connectivity

  • IKEv2 & FlexVPN
  • Site-to-site & remote access VPN
  • Network segmentation
  • Routing & edge hardening
  • Secure service design

Assurance & testing

  • Y.1564 activation testing
  • SIT / UAT validation
  • Structured fault isolation
  • Performance verification
  • Acceptance documentation

Advisory & innovation

  • Network & IT consultancy
  • Architecture & migration review
  • Automation strategy
  • AI & innovation research
  • Technical documentation
Track record

The experience behind the name

NexGen is founder-led. Behind it is a double-CCIE network and automation architect with 17+ years building, automating, and assuring networks for some of Europe's largest operators, a global stock exchange, and Cisco itself.

London Stock Exchange Group VodafoneZiggo Liberty Global Cisco Juniper KPN Ziggo British Telecom
Manager, Network Automation — LSEG

Automation for a global exchange

Led Cisco NSO network automation at the London Stock Exchange Group, managing a team of four senior developers delivering service automation for mission-critical infrastructure.

Master IP Engineer — VodafoneZiggo

Core B2B IP engineering

Engineered the core of a national operator's B2B network — the routing and edge that carry business-critical traffic for thousands of enterprises.

Automation Architect — Tier-1 carriers

Fully automated carrier core

Built NSO- and Itential-based automation for Liberty Global and major Cisco service-provider customers, and contributed to BT's automated core via Juniper — spanning EVPN provisioning, zero-touch cell-site rollout, and large-scale security-policy automation.

Solution Architect — Carrier Ethernet

MEF services across Europe

Delivered MEF-standard Carrier Ethernet (E-Line / EPL) over Ciena, Juniper MX and Cisco ASR9K across seven European countries — including the automation to provision it.

Who we are

A specialist consultancy, led by an engineer.

NexGen is founder-led by Abdulrahman el Anazi — a double-CCIE network and automation architect (CCIE #27855, Routing & Switching and Service Provider) with 17+ years designing, automating, and assuring large-scale networks.

That experience runs from the core B2B IP network of a national operator to leading Cisco NSO automation at the London Stock Exchange Group, with senior roles at Liberty Global, Cisco, Juniper and KPN along the way. The common thread is multi-vendor networks — Cisco, Juniper, Ciena — at carrier and enterprise scale, and the automation that keeps them consistent.

You work directly with that engineer, not a sales layer. We design it, we prove it, and we support it. Based in the UAE with roots in the Netherlands, NexGen delivers across the Middle East and Europe in English, Dutch and Arabic.

Get in touch

Let's talk about your network.

Whether it's a design review, an automation project, or a service that has to pass acceptance testing — tell us what you're working on and we'll tell you how we'd approach it.

Registered office
SRTIP, Block C VL09-126
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Correspondence
B5 1511, Al Yasmin Tower
Al Jurf 2, Ajman, UAE