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Does this clip from Big Bang Theory remind you of any of your OSS colleagues? It does remind me of many colleagues and customers from over the years, but it also unfortunately reminds me of myself sometimes. I’ve been guilty of prescribing the aircraft-grade aluminium when the cheap Swedish media centre would’ve done the job. […]
“Once upon a time I used to think that entrepreneurs had to be smart enough to develop a niche strategy. A nice smart strategy which will keep them hidden from the big ugly and powerful incumbents and other startups. A strategy to extract sneaky revenue. I learned how wrong I was the hard way… Turns […]
Windstream Automates Provisioning of Wavelength Services Across Nationwide, Multi-Vendor Network Using Ciena Blue Planet. Windstream is deploying Ciena’s Blue Planet orchestration software to automate the delivery of managed wavelength services across the company’s multi-vendor optical network. By leveraging the open orchestration capabilities of Blue Planet, Windstream is able to utilize its optical network as a […]
Yesterday’s blog covered how exponential growth in ICT industries has been (and will continue to be) a challenge for all of us in OSS-land. We’ve already seen some fundamental changes in OSS in recent years to be able to cope with the massive growth in device counts, bandwidth demands, etc. We’ve seen hyper-scaled hardware/software platforms […]
We’ve all heard of Moore’s Law, which predicts the semiconductor industry’s ability to exponentially increase transistor density in an integrated circuit. “Moore’s prediction proved accurate for several decades, and has been used in the semiconductor industry to guide long-term planning and to set targets for research and development. Advancements in digital electronics are strongly linked to […]
“In the first quarter of 2016, more cars were registered for phone numbers in the US than were personal cell phones.” From an article named, “Five technologies for the next ten years” The article starts, “Over the next decade, mobile, the Internet of Things, machine learning, robotics, and blockchain technologies will change a great deal…” […]
One of the interesting parts of starting a new OSS project or new customer is figuring out their mode of operation. For example, some architects want high-level requirements to design their own solution against. Others want you to document the requirements so tightly that you’re effectively designing the solution for them (eg field mappings, data […]
Apttus and Comptel Collaborate to Deliver B2C Customer Journey Solution Built on the Salesforce Communications Industry Framework. Apttus, the category-defining Quote-to-Cash solution provider, and Comptel Corporation, today announced the launch of a new end-to-end offering for the consumer communications segment. As CSPs (Communications Service Providers) evolve to meet the demands of modern business, they’ve turned […]
GWI Adopts VETRO FiberMap™ SaaS Platform for Broadband Network Mapping & Fiber Management. VETRO FiberMap™ announced that GWI, a rapidly growing internet service provider (ISP), has adopted VETRO FiberMap™ as a core business platform. Through the power of APIs and a user-friendly open architecture that is unique in the industry, VETRO FiberMap™ provides GWI with […]
Redknee Successfully Implements Multi-Play Monetization for Omantel. Redknee Solutions Inc. announced the successful implementation of Redknee Unified, a converged multi-play billing, charging and customer care platform at Omantel, a leading communication service provider (CSP) in the Middle East. The successful implementation of Redknee Unified transformed Omantel’s IT infrastructure across multiple lines of business including mobile, […]
Five nines is a catch-cry in the telco industry. There’s a view that we should measure the up-time of all the devices in our network and they should all reach the gold standard of 99.999% (ie downtime is less than five and a half minutes per year). But how many times have you seen an […]
A recent blog discussed the concept of running fire drills on your OSS to see how your organisation would handle outages. In Monday’s blog, we discussed where OSS customers are going to be and what their requirements are going to look like. The “Telcos as OTT players” model will be hyperscaled and more “transient by […]
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It seems to be gaining momentum as a framework for personal data protection. Various governments have been releasing data protection Acts of their own lately too. At the moment the focus appears to be on data privacy within public bodies, but big business is sure to be required to meet […]
“Don’t build where they are. Build where they’re going to be.” Sam Walton. Sounds like a persuasive argument and not dissimilar to Wayne Gretzky’s famous quote about skating to where the ice hockey puck is going to be. Sam Walton had plenty of proof to back up this claim (as did Gretzky). Walton was after […]
Google to Hire 1,000 People to Boost Its Cloud Business. Google wants to change how it relates to enterprise customers, and it’s going to use Google Cloud to do so. Today at an event in San Francisco, it made announcements about machine learning, Kubernetes, and expansion of its Google Cloud Platform presence. But the bigger-picture […]
O2 Extends Strategic Billing Partnership with Netcracker. Netcracker Technology announced that Telefónica UK, which operates as O2, has extended and expanded its relationship with Netcracker by signing a multiyear renewal, including an enterprise license for its Revenue Management solution. O2 supports 20 million subscribers in its retail and wholesale business lines using Netcracker software and […]
I’m currently working on an assignment that is slightly left-field for the typical OSS consultant, but is giving me a different angle on OSS than I’ve had before. I’m working on a predominantly IVR-based project, but considers journeys through multiple customer contact channels. In theory, it has nothing to do with OSS, but I’m finding […]
OpenDaylight Project Launches “Powered by OpenDaylight” Program for Ecosystem SDN Solutions. The OpenDaylight Project announced the launch of its “Powered by ODL” program, which signals compliance with exceptional technical standards and quality for commercial products or services based on the platform. The OpenDaylight ecosystem continues to grow and mature, with increasing numbers of solution providers […]
Redknee Unified Transforms MGI Telecom to Support Growth. Redknee Solutions announced that Swiss-based MGI Telecom AG (mgi) recently replaced a legacy solution and launched Redknee Unified. Redknee led a complete transformation, deploying Redknee Unified to add advanced capabilities to enable growth. Redknee’s virtualized and cloud-based converged charging and billing platform will support mgi’s growth strategy […]
Most telcos service a large demographic of customers that span almost every generation. Some of those customers are familiar with technology and others have the deluded belief that clouds are made up of water particles, not songs, apps, videos, VMs, etc. So if a large cross-section of the user-base doesn’t know their way around technology, […]
