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London Live selects Ericsson broadcast services for London dedicated TV channel London Live has awarded Ericsson a five-year broadcast services contract for its new London-dedicated TV channel. The Evening Standard, London’s most read newspaper, was awarded the 12-year license in February 2013 to broadcast the first London-centric TV channel – and will launch the channel […]
“When you rent a car with unlimited mileage and a full tank of gas, how far are you willing to go? You’re only limited by desire and time. The web feels that way to me. You can share as many secrets, ask as many questions, write as many blog posts as you can dream up. […]
“The concept behind the inverted pyramid format is relatively simple. The writer prioritizes the factual information to be conveyed in the news story by importance. The most essential pieces of information are offered in the first line, which is called the lead… The writer then provides the rest of the information and supporting contextual details […]
“IT as a service is a game changer. Because you now have components of the IT department existing in the cloud, you free your in-house IT staff to shift from a maintenance mode to an innovation mode. As such, your IT department can focus on achieving business goals, creating innovative solutions, and driving sales rather […]
Gartner OSS Leaders: NetCracker, Oracle, Amdocs, IBM and Ericsson A synopsis of the Gartner report can be found here. Note: the 2014 report can be downloaded here.
“I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.” Tori Amos. Many organisations select a COTS (Commercial off-the-shelf) OSS tool and immediately start thinking about customisations to make it do exactly what they want. That’s one way… but not necessarily the best long-term solution. Customisations are intoxicating for both CSPs […]
“Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its motion (including a change in direction).” Wikipedia. According to classical physics, Force equals Mass x Acceleration (F = ma). In other words, the greater the mass, the more force must be applied to reach a given acceleration (ie to effect a change). […]
“So with NFV it was important to avoid building virtual versions of the same thing we already had.. so we needed to get people who weren’t threatened by the transformation that NFV demands.” Tom Nolle, on TelecomTV. In the interview by TelecomTV, Tom Nolle highlights a number of points that have significant ramifications to the […]
“A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.” Fidel Castro. In yesterday’s blog, we discussed the air-traffic controller analogy for incremental change to your OSS via the use of projects. Today we talk of transformational change. Transformation has appeared in the Telco vernacular as a guiding vision of a […]
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts. A colleague and friend suggested the following as a topic to write about – “…describing OSS projects would be the constant ongoing change to the business environment supported and technology base enabling […]
Montenegro’s Crnogorski Telekom Selects Amdocs Software and Services for Business Support Systems Consolidation Amdocs announced that Crnogorski Telekom a.d. has selected Amdocs software and services for a strategic business support systems (BSS) consolidation project across fixed, wireless, Internet and IPTV operations. By replacing multiple third-party systems with Amdocs software, Crnogorski Telekom will be able to […]
Amdocs and Thailand’s True Corporation Extend Engagement for Five Years to Support Convergent Billing Amdocs announced a five-year extension of its relationship with True Corporation (True), the only quad-play provider in Thailand, for ongoing support and development of True’s convergent billing platform. The extension follows Amdocs’ successful deployment of convergent billing at True for the […]
Finland’s Elisa Expands and Extends Amdocs’ Managed Services Contract Amdocs and Elisa, Finland’s leading provider of wireless, wireline, broadband Internet and cable TV services have signed an agreement expanding and extending the existing managed services relationship between the companies through 2018. Under the new agreement, referenced in Elisa’s recent fiscal 2013 third-quarter results report, Amdocs […]
Amdocs Has Signed a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Celcite, a Leading Provider of Network Management and Self Optimizing Network (SON) Solutions Amdocs announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Celcite Management Solutions LLC for approximately $129 million in cash, subject to customary closing conditions. Additional consideration may […]
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” Albert Einstein. The OTT-T (Over The Top Threat) is ringing “destructive innovation” alarm bells in the ears of most global telcos. The OTT (Over The Top) play threatens to take the cream off the top, relegating CSPs to commoditised bandwidth providers whilst remaining capital intensive (it’s […]
“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” Sun Tzu. This triumvirate of tools (OSS, BSS and GIS) can provide a CSP with incredibly powerful and flexible information. There are a few considerations to take into account: These tools are often operated by different business units and have different objectives for the data sets Connecting two entities requires […]
“Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.” Mary Astor. Another cracker of a question from the same subscriber from the Philippines – “should OSS be managed under IT or Networks?” This is an age-old question that has caused many fights over the years. It’s a really tough question to answer because it’s dependent on […]
“Trust is built with consistency.” Lincoln Chafee. A subscriber to this blog, a talented and insightful Engineer from the Philippines, asked the following question, “how to sync network information and oss inventory, how to sustain the data integrity through KPIs?” This is a brilliant question and highly complex to resolve due to the nuances of live […]
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” Ken Blanchard. Data synchronisation comes at an OSS from so many different angles. If any of them get out of control it can quickly send your OSS into a death spiral. By that, I mean that an OSS is only as good as the data it stores. If the […]
“Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.” Swedish proverb. Today’s post is minimalistic. Please take a few moments to consider what the proverb means to you in relation to OSS projects. To me it covers the same […]
