"You can check out any time you like, But you just can never leave!" Lyrics from The Eagles' song, "Hotel California." You've worked with a Hotel California OSS haven't you? One where the vendor has upset the customer so much that they've asked the vendor to check out, but the vendor's products never leave. Like the protagonist in the song, there remains a sad resignation within…
Read More »Ericsson selected as hyperscale cloud and NFV partner by XL Axiata. Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by XL Axiata, a leading telecommunications operator in southeast Asia, to transform its network through the deployment of disaggregated architecture. Ericsson will deploy its full stack cloud solution, including the Ericsson Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 based on Intel ® Rack Scale Architecture, and virtual network functions (VNFs) as part…
Read More »Redknee and Wipro Sign MoU to Offer Comprehensive Solutions to Support the Digital Transformation. Redknee Solutions Inc. (TSX: RKN) and Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an objective to enter into a strategic partnership to address the evolution of the telecommunications industry toward digital transformation services, the connected world and the Internet of Things ("IoT"). The partnership…
Read More »Comptel Announces FLOWONE V Solution to Address Telcos’ Need for Digital Service Lifecycle Management. Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V) announced that it has enriched Comptel FLOWONE, giving telecommunications operators the means to better manage digital service lifecycles and meet customer experience and market expectations for virtualised service offerings. The FLOWONE V solution, which runs on top of Comptel’s fulfillment stack, incorporates virtualised network function onboarding and…
Read More »"I like to think that if I’d been at Kitty Hawk in 1903 when Orville Wright took off, I would have been farsighted enough, and public-spirited enough–I owed this to future capitalists–to shoot him down. I mean, Karl Marx couldn’t have done as much damage to capitalists as Orville did. I won’t dwell on other glamorous businesses that dramatically changed our lives but concurrently failed to…
Read More »The Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Form Open Source Unified Orchestrator Project for SDN and NFV. The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today is announcing the intent to form the OPEN-Orchestrator Project (OPEN-O). This collaborative effort will bring the industry together to develop the first open source software framework and orchestrator to enable agile software-defined networking (SDN) and network function…
Read More »Amdocs has made the following five announcements at Mobile World Congress (MWC). Amdocs Unveils New CES 10 Product Portfolio to Accelerate Pace of Service Provider Digital Transformation Amdocs Announces Enhanced Digital Services Portfolio to Speed Transition to Digital Business Models Amdocs Introduces Internet of Things (IoT) Monetization Platform, Enabling Service Providers to Gain New Revenues from IoT Services Amdocs Partners with Adobe and frog to Accelerate…
Read More »Redknee Awarded a Multi-Year Contract to Support Turk Telekom with the Launch of New Services. Redknee Solutions Inc. (TSX: RKN) announced the signing of a new multi-year expansion of services contract, including licenses, support and other consulting services, with Turk Telekom, a leading mobile operator in Turkey with over 17 million subscribers. With signing of this new contract, Turk Telekom will further strengthen its relationship with…
Read More »New ETSI group develops Open Source for NFV. A new ETSI group has commenced development of Open Source software for Management and Orchestration (MANO) of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The open source implementation will be aligned with ETSI’s NFV Industry Specification Group (ISG). Two of the key components of the ETSI NFV architectural framework are the NFV Orchestrator and VNF (Virtualized Network Function) Manager, known as…
Read More »"He [Barry Schwartz] suggests that because we are presented with so much information, the overload of options and data leads us to falsely believe that, even a fairly mundane task like shopping for toothpaste, has greater significance than it really does." Howstuffworks.com. Why do 5-10yo kids know what profession they want to do but by the end of high school 10 years later, most do not?…
Read More »Netcracker Supports BT’s Digital Service Provider Transformation. Netcracker Technology announced that BT Group (BT), one of the world’s leading communications companies, has extended its partnership with Netcracker for revenue and billing management technology solutions and professional services. BT is leading the industry by transforming its technology platforms, and the business models associated with them, to create a new kind of digital service provider—a network operator with…
Read More »Nokia strengthens security portfolio with planned acquisition of Nakina Systems. Nokia plans to acquire Canadian software firm Nakina Systems ("Nakina"), to reinforce its position in security at a time when customers are bolstering their defenses to cope with the increasing demands of hyper connectivity, new regulations and emerging technologies. The companies previously had a five-year partnership where Nokia used Nakina's software in several customer projects. Security…
Read More »"Your financial planner, real estate agent, and accountant all call your house an asset. But in reality, an asset is only something that puts money in your pocket. If you have a house that you rent out to tenants, then it’s an asset. If you have a house, paid for or not, that you live in, then it can’t be an asset. Instead of putting money…
Read More »"Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style." Warren Buffett in his 1990 Chairman's Letter. It's been said that 90% of Warren Buffett's immense wealth has been derived from just 10 deals. That's 10 deals in roughly 60 years of investing. Warren undoubtedly gets to see many opportunities but only invests in a select few, bypassing many great opportunities to bet big on…
Read More »BT Mobile selects Openet to deliver real-time charging for mobile MVNO. Openet announced that BT has installed Openet’s NFV-ready Evolved Charging solution. The market leading converged service provider has selected Openet’s virtualized, real-time BSS technology to monetize its consumer mobile service. BT Mobile will harness the added agility and flexibility of Openet’s real-time charging platform to drive fast time-to-market for its new MVNO venture. BT Mobile…
Read More »Telstra network ready to support IoT - Telstra blog post. Telstra announced another major milestone in their network evolution as they enable support for Category 1 (Cat1) devices and build a new foundation for the Internet of Things (IoT). To date when we have spoken of our LTE service on our mobile network we have compared it to a highway optimised for the fastest vehicles racing…
Read More »In "Getting to genba" we discussed the Japanese concept of genba or defining where is the real place that work gets done. According to a learned colleague named Paul who also grew up in Japan, genba is part of popular culture there, being cited regularly in business discussions. We had an interesting discussion about the earlier blog and some of the thoughts have spawned this follow-up…
Read More »T-Mobile Netherlands Optimizes End-to-End Product Management with Netcracker BSS. Netcracker announced that T-Mobile Netherlands, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has selected Netcracker to implement its sophisticated Product Management solution, which is comprised of Product Catalog and Product Lifecycle Management components. This will help T-Mobile Netherlands improve the overall management and delivery of its services. T-Mobile Netherlands is among the largest providers of mobile telecommunications, offering services…
Read More »3 Macau Leverages CSG Singleview for New 4G LTE Services. CSG International (NASDAQ: CSGS) announced that 3 Macau now uses CSG Singleview® to provide comprehensive integrated revenue and customer management system for its advanced 4G LTE services. To coincide with the network launch in December 2015, CSG used its proven Accelerate methodology to deploy a comprehensive revenue and customer management solution. The deployment included CSG’s Singleview…
Read More »Over the years of working with different OSS products I've noticed two distinct approaches to building the data models that underpin OSS functionality. The two options are: Network specific data model Generic data model The first approach sees the vendor implement a different data structure for each different network type (eg Ethernet, transmission, etc). The second has a network-agnostic approach that by default is also agnostic…
Read More »TOT Combines Pre-Paid, Post-Paid, Mobile and Fixed Billing with Convergent Netcracker Solution. Netcracker announced that TOT Public Company Limited, formerly known as the Telephone Organization of Thailand, has implemented Netcracker’s Convergent Billing solution to consolidate its pre-paid and post-paid fixed and mobile rating, charging and billing processes, which were traditionally managed on disparate platforms. TOT is a leading provider of fixed and mobile telephony services across…
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