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News & Views Most Popular Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/15/2019 Not entered yet? Then get a move on… there are only days left to submit your entries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil Fantastic BSS Beasts & How Openet Can Tame Them By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/15/2019 After a turbulent 2018, the Irish BSS company is looking to challenge Amdocs, Ericsson and Huawei in their own backyard. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: GypsumFantastic I've still to experience or hear of a big-bang Telco/BSS COTS transformation... MWC19: A Soft Embrace for the Public Cloud By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/5/2019 The big noise in Barcelona was, of course, anything and everything to do with 5G, but in the background there were signs that some companies are embracing the potential of the public cloud as they determine their next-generation technology and services strategies. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown Good piece Ray. Headline captures it well. And a great set of examples. Public... Advertisement VEON Dumped Ericsson for Amdocs in Russia By Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/27/2019 VEON has picked Amdocs over Ericsson as a provider of BSS technology in its biggest market. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Smaller Cablecos Fleeing Legacy Pay-TV By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 2/26/2019 Speaking at NCTC's Winter Education Conference in Atlanta, small and midsized cable operators say they're increasingly seeking other video options, such as streaming and app-based services. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jbtombes CableOne was also an outlier, compared to the larger MSOs, on VOD. Probably... Ericsson on Hook for $350M Payment to VEON After BSS Cock-Up By Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/26/2019 Swedish vendor forced to cough up after scrapping an IT product that VEON had been using. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telefónica's Brazil Biz Shows Off Slinky Aura Skills By Ken Wieland, contributing editor, 2/26/2019 Vivo's push on AI-powered customer management platform gains traction. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Telefónica, Microsoft Strengthen Their Tech R&D Bond By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/25/2019 Already AI and cloud bedfellows, the Spanish telco and cloud giant are strengthening their relationship with a strategic partnership and joint developments around AI. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Vodafone Hooks Up With ARM on IoT By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 2/25/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openet teams up with Samsung on 5G packet core; Ericsson loses revenue assurance element of VEON contract; former Gigaclear CEO launches Zzoomm network. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Ericsson & VMware Get Closer on NFV By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 2/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: O2 confirms 5G timetable in UK; Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom and Orange report earnings; Telenor sells Serbian banking operation; why Russian soldiers can't have smartphones. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Prosecutors Name Former BT Execs in Global Services Fraud Probe By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 2/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Brussels busy on digital commerce, copyright laws; Nokia plans AI hubs; the app that tracks Saudi women. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Ericsson, Intel Combine on Software-Defined Infrastructure for 5G By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 2/12/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: US Secretary of State Pompeo pummels Huawei in Hungary; Nokia offers IoT-in-a-box; Allison Kirkby joins BT board; how to monitor your smart baby. Post a Comment \| Read (0) TalkTalk's OSS Rationalization By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 2/6/2019 Heavy Reading's James Crawshaw talks to the team at UK operator TalkTalk about their efforts to revamp their all-important support systems. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Beeline Beefs Up BSS With Amdocs in Russia By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 2/5/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VEON to buy remaining shares in GTH subsidiary; Zain taps Nokia's massive MIMO; Danes expel Huawei pair. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Fade to Black: UltraViolet to Shut Its Digital Locker on July 31 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/31/2019 New options and 'market factors' lead to decision to shut down UltraViolet as studio-backed Movies Anywhere service gains traction with digital retailers and pay-TV operators. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon Quietly Builds a Completely Cloud-Based Wireless Service By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 1/29/2019 There's a customer-facing story to Verizon's Visible efforts. But on the backend, the story is perhaps even more interesting. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: daveburstein Yet again. No one else has most of this. I've been able to confirm indirectly... Ericsson Sees Light at End of Digital Services Tunnel By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/25/2019 Despite a snafu at the BSS unit, Ericsson's digital services division has recorded its best sales performance since Ekholm took charge. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Steve Belgraver Ericsson's failure to make Revenue Manager a viable service is reminiscent... Ericsson Hails First Annual Sales Growth Since 2013 as 5G Comes Calling By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/25/2019 Despite ongoing problems at its digital services business, the Swedish equipment vendor managed a small operating profit for 2018 as customers in several markets began investing in 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telefónica UK Gets a Tighter Grip on Automation By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/23/2019 In line with the strategy of its parent, Telefónica's UK operation is looking for ways to introduce more automated processes and boost customer satisfaction, a combination that lead it to deploy Nokia's Service Operation Center (SOC) system. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telefónica Confirms Talks to Offload Central American Operations By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/23/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BICS reports on roaming trends; 5G will bring more enterprise opportunities, predicts Amdocs study; Liberty-Millicom deal on shaky ground. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: GypsumFantastic The latest Vodafone redundancies are much more than the Glasgow call centre.... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards GypsumFantastic, 3/22/2019 11:58:37 AM Fantastic BSS Beasts & How Openet Can Tame Them Re: fair play I've still to experience or hear of a big-bang Telco/BSS COTS transformation approach that could genuinely be considered a success. Whereas I experienced great success in late 1990s/early 2000s deploying key platforms separately. So... Phil Harvey, 3/15/2019 3:30:47 PM Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards Re: entry fee discount DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil daveburstein, 3/14/2019 4:50:15 AM Verizon Quietly Builds a Completely Cloud-Based Wireless Service Re: Unique reporting Yet again. No one else has most of this. I've been able to confirm indirectly most of the details. Gabriel Brown, 3/6/2019 5:58:46 AM MWC19: A Soft Embrace for the Public Cloud Re: A Soft Embrace for the Public Cloud Good piece Ray. Headline captures it well. And a great set of examples. Public cloud is already important to telco operations and I continue to think it will grow in importance. For instance, I'm aware of several efforts... MattyEvas, 3/4/2019 6:01:46 AM Gambling on Used Sprint Phones: Are Users Buying a Brick? Re: Gambling Addiction How is gambling addiction created? People who like gambling games usually do not get addicted to gambling. That there are people still that, keep playing despite considerable personal disadvantages such as greater financial... jbtombes, 2/27/2019 11:41:35 AM Smaller Cablecos Fleeing Legacy Pay-TV Re: CABO as Outlier CableOne was also an outlier, compared to the larger MSOs, on VOD. Probably saved them a lot of money. Their broadband-centric approach looks mainstream among NCTC peers. Mana2x, 2/27/2019 8:50:58 AM Ericsson's Ewaldsson Takes Aim at Telco 'Conservatism' Re: Great post This is great post. Thank you for this Mike Dano, 2/1/2019 11:54:59 AM Verizon Quietly Builds a Completely Cloud-Based Wireless Service Re: Update So it's actually Vlocity/Salesforce, not just Salesforce. Steve Belgraver, 1/26/2019 4:55:00 PM Ericsson Sees Light at End of Digital Services Tunnel Re: consistently accurate billing remains very hard Ericsson's failure to make Revenue Manager a viable service is reminiscent of Vodafone's Global Enterprise's (VGE) desire of having its own Telecom Expense Management (TEM) capability when it bought Quickcomm... GypsumFantastic, 1/25/2019 12:57:26 PM Eurobites: Telefónica Confirms Talks to Offload Central American Operations Re: Vodafone UK's cull The latest Vodafone redundancies are much more than the Glasgow call centre. Also various technology staff there and technology staff in other UK offices being told Newbury or you're out. A very ruthless cull with poor terms... James_B_Crawshaw, 1/10/2019 7:10:44 AM Ericsson Will Take $860M Hit to Prop Up Digital Services Re: Software development issues It is quite surprising that Ericsson Revenue Manager (launched in 2016) has not generated any revenues. I guess they mean that whatever money they received from Veon, Ooredoo and T-Mobile Czech will be refunded and this... MindCommerce, 12/26/2018 9:07:20 PM PCCW Global on the Need to Monetize the Edge Re: Need for Carriers to Think Out of Box with Edge Computing "We need to sell to customers directly" (like cloud providers). Do you see that carriers get that model and see a way to adopt it? "We have (speaking of PCCW), developed our own platform...where customers can order on-demand". "We... jbtombes, 12/19/2018 7:44:36 PM CableLabs Unit Morphs Something Old Into Something New Re: Smart pivot Looks like good re-use and enhancement of an existing asset. schlettie, 12/12/2018 4:49:15 PM Amdocs CTO: How 5G Will Enable Charging for Specific Services, Rather Than Just Data Re: Re: Monetization They can ask me to pay more $ for faster service, but it is not happening. I am extremely familiar with the 5G-related 3GPP technical specs, and the means by which they are implemented, so I am aware of what the technology... DanJones, 12/12/2018 4:01:20 PM Amdocs CTO: How 5G Will Enable Charging for Specific Services, Rather Than Just Data Re: Re: Monetization Better hang onto for current phone/plan! 5G is all about being able to offer customers (consumer/businesses) with specific targeted services that they get asked to pay for (much easier to do on 5G than 4G). I don't know... 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