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VIVACOM Goes Live with NetCracker Convergent Revenue Management Solution. NetCracker Technology announced that VIVACOM, a leading quad-play communications service provider in Bulgaria, has gone live with an upgrade to the NetCracker Revenue Management solution. The NetCracker platform enables convergence of VIVACOM’s rating, billing and charging operations across all lines of business. VIVACOM is the largest […]
NetCracker’s Visionary Transformation Goes Into Production at Andorra Telecom. NetCracker Technology announced that Andorra Telecom, the national telecommunications operator for the Principality of Andorra, has deployed NetCracker’s end-to-end, fully integrated solutions as part of a massive BSS/OSS transformation. Andorra Telecom has been a longtime NetCracker billing customer, and selected to update and expand its existing […]
“A core component of Lean Startup methodology is the build-measure-learn feedback loop. The first step is figuring out the problem that needs to be solved and then developing a minimum viable product (MVP) to begin the process of learning as quickly as possible. Once the MVP is established, a startup can work on tuning the […]
“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” Sydney J. Harris. There are many dilemmas facing the organisation that is attempting to select a new OSS vendor, including: The need to change vs the difficulties […]
“Surprisingly though, wireless providers themselves are one of the largest hurdles for advancing IoT, with many resisting adding connectivity to new devices due to fears of lower APRU metrics. CSPs must band together and embrace future innovation before competition edges them out. Perhaps creating an IoT MVNO is the transition necessary for addressing lower ARPU, […]
“Your opportunity to connect with the ‘who’s who’ of the digital ecosystem and take away actionable best practices that will inspire and shape your professional and personal success!” www.tmforumlive.org @tmforumorg Today marks the start of TM Forum Live 2015 in Nice, France. Leave us a comment if you’re going to be there and let us […]
CA Technologies Agrees to Acquire Rally Software, Accelerates Ability for Businesses to Build Transformative Applications Quickly. CA Technologies announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rally Software Development Corp., a leading provider of Agile development software and services, for $19.50 per share, which equates to approximately $480 million, net of cash acquired. The […]
“You don’t need to be better. You need to be different.” Chase Jarvis. PassionateAboutOSS.com and my book came into existence due to a distinct gap in the OSS market that I’d noticed again and again whilst on customer assignments. As represented in the diagram below, there was a major disconnect between the Technology Context and […]
“Ideally, analytics-driven telcos must have predictive analytics embedded in all their business processes, thereby moving away from decisions based on gut feeling or intuition. [The Figure below] illustrates the four phases of a telco customer life cycle – Acquisition, Relationship, Retention and Win-back. Each phase can have several embedded analytical models, which can enhance operations considerably and provide a […]
EMC expands cloud push with $1.2 billion buy of Virtustream (including Cloud Management Platform [CMP] xStream). Source: Fortune.com. Joe Tucci is at it again. The longtime EMC chief executive and chairman has made another purchase, buying Virtustream, an enterprise-oriented cloud computing company, for $1.2 billion in cash. This move follows EMC’s late 2014 acquisition of […]
“Consider as a marker the speed of travel. It improved dramatically through the late 19th and early 20th centuries with major innovations such as trains, automobiles, airplanes, jet engines and rockets. But the big advances came to an end in the 1970s. Movement by car now is no faster than it was then – indeed […]
“But do you want to get better? It seems like a stupid question. Of course we want our organization, our work and our health to improve. But often, we don’t. Better means change and change means risk and risk means fear… There are countless ways to listen, to engage with users, to learn and to […]
Alcatel-Lucent launches major new SDN platform. From telecoms.com. French networking company Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled its Network Services Platform (NSP), a unified, SDN-based carrier solution designed to unify service automation and network optimization. The launch of NSP marks a major milestone for A-Lu and is a strong statement ahead of its impending acquisition by Nokia. It […]
“With more success comes greater problems along with greater ability to solve them.” Mark Victor Hansen. Paul Graham’s essays are a great read. There is something unique about the way he views his subject matter (usually startups) and then has the ability to break it down into highly insightful chunks of wisdom for his readers […]
Comptel Has Won New Customer in the Philippines for FlowOne Fulfillment. Comptel has won a new customer in the Philippines for FlowOne Fulfillment. The deal consists of FlowOne Fulfillment SoftBlade licenses and related services. The value of this multi-year deal exceeds 3,1 million EUR. According to Comptel´s recently updated strategy, the Philippines is one of […]
Comptel Has Won First Deal for New Integrated Analytics Solution, the Operational Intelligence SoftBlade. Comptel has won the first deal for the new integrated analytics solution, the Operational Intelligence SoftBlade. This strategically important deal with Telefonica Argentina Movistar demonstrates the value of the Data Fastermind analytics embedded to the customer’s existing Data Refinery and EventLink […]
Comverse Chosen by JT Group Ltd (formerly Jersey Telecom) to Provide Managed Services. Comverse to Manage Converged BSS Operational Systems for Leading Channel Islands Fixed and Mobile Telecommunication Services Provider. Comverse announced that JT Group Ltd. (www.jtglobal.com), the Channel Islands’ leading telecommunications company, selected Comverse to provide managed services for its converged billing solution. During […]
C Spire Goes Live with NetCracker Converged Billing. NetCracker Technology announced that C Spire’s wireless unit has gone live with NetCracker’s converged billing and active mediation solutions to support both pre-paid and post-paid wireless services on a single rating and billing platform. C Spire, a diversified telecommunications and technology services company, operates the United States’ […]
“Today, the FBAR service [Facebook Auto-Remediation] is developed and maintained by two full time engineers, but according to the most recent metrics, it’s doing the work of approximately 200 full time system administrators. FBAR now manages more than 50% of the Facebook infrastructure and we’ve found that services have dramatic increases in reliability when they […]
“The airline industry is notoriously brutal. As Warren Buffett once wrote in a letter to shareholders, “[I]f a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down.” Yet Southwest Airlines just recorded its 39th consecutive year of profitability—in a business sector where profits […]
