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Key developments related to the evolution and deployment of business support systems such as billing platforms.

OSS/BSS / BSS (inc. billing, revenue assurance)


News & Views Most Popular From Virtualization to Containerization By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/21/2019 A new set of NFV challenges is emerging as operators plan the shift towards cloud-native applications and a container-based strategy. Post a Comment Eurobites: Ericsson Adds Brain-Power to Its RAN Technology By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VEON trials 5G in Kazakhstan; T-Systems launches private cloud trial with VMware; Openet and Evergent combine on BSS. Post a Comment Optiva CEO Danielle Royston Uses the Cloud to Stand Out From the Crowd By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/16/2019 For Royston, the path to becoming a more profitable telco starts by revitalizing the company's approach to billing, charging and business intelligence. Post a Comment Advertisement Comcast Blames Software Glitch for Broadband Data Meter Error By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 In a small edge case that affected about 2,000 customers, Comcast says it fixed the technical issue and is crediting affected accounts for any erroneous charges and giving those subs an additional $50 credit. Post a Comment Ciena Agrees to Buy Centina, Keeps Kicking OSS By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/3/2019 Ciena's latest acquisition is another piece of a larger back office puzzle for carriers, but the vendor said it's not aiming to become the new OSS stack. Post a Comment Revamping the IT Stack for 5G By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/3/2019 At the recent 5G Asia event in Singapore, MATRIXX Software CTO Marc Price talked about the importance of cloud-native functionality as service providers revamp their IT stacks as part of their 5G strategies. Post a Comment ETSI Tackles AI Security By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/2/2019 New specification group at ETSI is 'exceptionally important,' says industry analyst. Post a Comment Advertisement The Importance of Culture Management in a 5G World By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/2/2019 At the 5G Asia event in Singapore, Ericsson's Rodrigo Beyer Fernandez outlines the cultural changes needed in telco IT operations teams, and the importance of automation, as network operators embrace 5G. Post a Comment Eurobites: Ericsson's Latest Smart Factory Nears Completion By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/1/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Colt hires new marketing boss; ADVA trumpets its eco-commitments; Zain Jordan upgrades its billing systems. Post a Comment Migrating OSS/BSS to the Public Cloud By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 9/23/2019 As operational models evolve, telcos are turning to public cloud platforms to host their OSS and BSS systems, but there are still hurdles to overcome. Post a Comment Leveraging AI for Increased CSP Efficiency By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 9/22/2019 Jay Shah, chief AI officer at MyRepublic, explains how the service provider is leveraging AI to optimize its operations, control costs and manage churn. Post a Comment RJio Takes Baby Steps With Open Source for OSS/BSS By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 9/20/2019 Disruptive Indian operator is embracing open source as it evolves its back office strategy. Post a Comment SES & Microsoft Ink Unearthly Cloud Partnership By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/10/2019 Satellite networking provider SES will bring Microsoft Azure cloud connectivity to remote locations, as well as Azure media services to broadcasters. Post a Comment The Telecoms.com Podcast: Digital Services, Brexit... & Guinness By Light Reading, 9/10/2019 Shot on location in a Dublin pub, this week's podcast sees the regular crew joined by Openet's Niall Norton to talk digitalization, Brexit and more. Oh, and they drink some Guinness. Post a Comment Eurobites: MTS Gets 2.1 Gbit/s From Samsung Device in Trials With Nokia & Qualcomm By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/5/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MegaFon microwaves with Ericsson; Vodafone enters Oman with OFT; Gorgeous Gavin turns up at Salesforce. Post a Comment Deconstructing the Telco Cloud By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 9/4/2019 The term 'telco cloud' is used often, but it can mean different things to different people. Post a Comment Cox Has a Prepaid Broadband Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/29/2019 Pay-as-you-go offering, called 'StraightUp Internet,' costs $50 a month, includes a DOCSIS WiFi gateway, and delivers up to 25 Mbit/s downstream. Post a Comment T-Mobile Resolves Video Throttling Issue Amid Another PR Dustup By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/21/2019 T-Mobile acknowledged that it recently resolved an issue affecting its video-throttling practice, a situation that arises amid a renewed debate around wireless operators' network-management efforts. Post a Comment How Airtel Sri Lanka Revamped Its BSS By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 8/7/2019 For any operator, revamping an entire business support system (BSS) architecture in just six months and cutting IT opex by 80% as a result is a notable achievement. Post a Comment TM Forum on Telecom's AI Trends By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 8/5/2019 Aaron Boasman-Patel, the TM Forum's VP of AI, Customer Experience and Data, talks about the real-world uses of AI in the telecom sector. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors CSG Rolls Its BSS Into the Cloud, With Help From AWS Tuesday, October 15, 2019 U Mobile Overhauls Its BSS With Whale Cloud Tuesday, September 24, 2019 CSG Tackles Billing Errors & Invoice Inaccuracies Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Three UK Builds 5G-Ready Cloud Core Network with Nokia Tuesday, July 16, 2019 ONAP 'Dublin' Boosts Scaleability, 5G & Deployment Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Tomia Intros Cloud-Based Blockchain Settlement Platform Monday, June 24, 2019 Netcracker, Shaw Broaden BSS/OSS Deal Thursday, June 6, 2019 Evergent, Synamedia Team on Video Monetization Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Tier 1 US Operator Chooses Openet for Global Connected Car Services Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Sprint Deploys Amdocs to Simplify Catalog & Operations Tuesday, May 14, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now MSFT Jumps on DoH Larry Loeb, Author, 11/20/2019 Microsoft has announced that an upcoming version of Windows 10 will have support ... 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New 5G Network Security Threats Sigma Systems at Digital Transformation World 2019 Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... Viasat: Connecting the Unconnected LotusFlare: Awesome Digital Experiences to Drive Growth Source Photonics CEO: Vertical Integration & Lean Models ... MobiledgeX: Who Benefits From Edge Computing? Why Is 5G Different? VMware Service Assurance: Reducing Operational ... Architect Digital-Ready Infrastructures Using SDN & NFV Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... PacketFabric: Leading the Way in Highly Scalable Network ... Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... Semtech: LoRa Technology Enabling Proven, Flexible IoT ... Versa's CEO, Kelly Ahuja: Securing & Software-Defining ... How Lumina Is Redefining SDN Aryaka's Gary Sevounts: Advantages to Consuming SD-WAN ... Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software ... MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge The 5G Connectivity Challenge Network Intelligence & Automation in Mergers & Migrations Why Telcos Need an Elastic Services Platform Why Hardware Still Matters in the SDN Era Why Is Autonomous Operations Key to Your Network Evolution? Ribbon's Kevin Riley Talks New Company Brand, Latest ... The Cumulus Networks Success Story CloudPassage Ensuring Next-Level Container Security EXFO: Next-Level Assurance Solutions & Automation EXFO: Automate or Stagnate RAD Shares Insights on Latest Developments in vCPE & ... 100GbE in Action & More at MEF17 ADLINK Talks About OCP & Next Generation Telecom ... LINX Talks Open Networking & OcNOS Nominum & Security for Small to Midsized Businesses C-V2X Is Getting Ready for Commercialization With ... Ixia Launches World’s First 400GE Testing Solutions Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs Integrate the RF Signal Chain Pluribus: SDN & Beyond Cloud, Security, AI & IoT Are Driving the Need for ... Masergy's NFV Journey Mavenir on RCS Cloud Platform & Multi-ID Keep Connected IoT Devices Under Control With Allot Metaswitch: Defining the Cloud Native Core Accelerating IP/Optical Network Visibility & Control Making 5G NR a Reality With Qualcomm Act on Your Intelligence With Amdocs aia! Making 5G New Radio (NR) a Reality Accelerating C-V2X Toward 5G for Autonomous Driving Dan Sahar of Qwilt on Open Edge Cloud Platform Nominum's Craig Sprosts on DNS & Cybersecurity Trends Versa: A Lot More Than SD-WAN SmartNICs & the Future of Network Virtualization Introducing the Next-Generation ONT (Optical Network ... A10 Networks on Service Providers' Industry Needs Check Point on Cybersecurity Accelerating Telecom Digital Transformation With Nominum DNS VeEX Test & Measurement Solutions Versa Networks' Kumar Mehta on SD-WAN Managed Services The Era of Agile Optics Has Arrived Atrinet's NetACE – Migration to NFV & SDN With ... Vodafone Live NFV Use Cases Powered by Amdocs Sonus in VellOS Mellanox Open Composable Networks Network Security Orchestration Sonus in the Cloud Sonus Strategy Netronome's Server-based Networking Platform Nexius: The Strategy & Science of Data Analytics Overture Networks NFV Solutions ECI's Elastic Network Masergy: Transforming Enterprise IT Arbor Networks on ISP Traffic Visibility ECI's LightSec: Comprehensive Cyber Security Solution ECI’s LightApps: Intelligence for Networks Service Gateway Virtual Edition SDN Management & Orchestration in the WAN Sedona Systems: Multi-Layer Applications Platform NFV – a Catalyst for Business Services Growth Telefónica: In Search of Virtual Simplicity Affirmed Networks Highlights NFV in Mobile Core Close-up on ConfD NetNumber Founder on Managing Signaling Control Tail-f, Cisco & What the Future Holds Sonus Shakes Up SD-WAN Automate, Scale & Create With Juniper's vCPE Solution Metaswitch's New CEO Martin Lund Discusses His Role ActiveVideo's Cloud Virtualization Technology Nominum on Leveraging the Power of DNS to Deliver ... Palo Alto Networks on Expanding in the Carrier/Service ... Infoblox on DNS Threat Index The Netformx Ecosystem Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs Nuage Networks on Operationalizing SDN Mellanox's New 25/50/100Gb/s Ethernet Products Arista's CloudVision VIEW FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE Prime Reading NFV Is Down but Not Out Iain Morris , International Editor , 5/22/2018 NFV has failed to live up to the original expectations five years after it was ... (34 comments) Leading Lights 2018: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/11/2018 Light Reading is thrilled to announce the finalists for this year's Leading ... (0) TCS Pivots to Products, Plans M&A Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 2/6/2018 Systems integration giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is transforming itself ... (0) Leading Lights 2017: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/10/2017 Light Reading is proud to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights ... (1 Comment) All Prime Reading

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