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Portugal Telecom, NEC and NetCracker test CPE virtualization

Portugal Telecom, NEC and NetCracker Test CPE Virtualization for Residential Markets. NEC Corporation and NetCracker Technology announced that they have successfully completed a proof of concept (PoC) for their virtualized customer-premises equipment (vCPE) solution at Portugal Telecom. The PoC took place in March 2015 and validated new revenue opportunities for vCPE in residential markets. Portugal Telecom is the largest telecommunications service provider in Portugal, providing fixed,…

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08/05/2015 No Comments

CSG International extends with Charter Communications

CSG International Extends Relationship with Charter Communications for Five Years. CSG Systems International announced that it has extended its relationship with Charter Communications, a leading broadband provider and the nation’s fourth largest cable provider, to provide residential billing and customer care services through December 31, 2019. Currently, CSG provides its end-to-end, pre-integrated customer care and billing solution for all of Charter’s existing residential customers. The extended…

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07/05/2015 No Comments

Rocker Docker Containers

"While its [Docker] use (superficially) resembles that of virtual machines, it is much more lightweight as it operates at the level of a single process (rather than an emulation of an entire OS layer). This also allows it to start almost instantly, require very little resources and hence permits an order of magnitude more deployments per host than a virtual machine" Dirk Eddelbuettel on RevolutionAnalytics. A…

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07/05/2015 No Comments

HP NFV System

HP NFV System Accelerates Deployment of Network Functions Virtualization. HP announced HP NFV System, a pre-integrated network functions virtualization (NFV) platform designed to enable communications service providers (CSPs) to accelerate production NFV deployments. HP NFV System is pre-integrated with HP Helion OpenStack® Carrier Grade, providing an open source based cloud platform to support CSPs reliability, scalability and performance requirements. HP also introduced NFV Director 3.0, providing…

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07/05/2015 No Comments

Divide and conquer or transparency?

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." Henry Ford. I have an interesting question to pose to you today dear readers, one that I don't think has a perfectly right or wrong answer, but one you're bound to have an opinion on. Let me put the contrasting views to you. Let's say you are a large CSP that has commissioned a new…

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06/05/2015 No Comments

Consolidated Communications deploys NetCracker

Consolidated Communications Deploys NetCracker’s OSS Solution to Optimize Service Delivery. NetCracker Technology announced that Consolidated Communications has gone live with NetCracker’s OSS solution to consolidate its service fulfillment systems and reduce the cost, time and effort required to enhance operational agility. Consolidated Communications also needed to centralize its fulfillment systems in order to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) by minimizing yearly maintenance cost and improving…

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06/05/2015 No Comments

The language of maps

"In the consumer space, I’m very excited that the world is waking up to maps. There’s this natural affinity to maps. Why is that? My theory is that maps are a kind of language. We have text language, we have music as a language, we have mathematical languages, we have software languages. Maps are a language. And their power is that they communicate intuitively to people.…

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05/05/2015 4 Comments

Cisco anoints new CEO

Chuck Robbins - CEO-Designate & Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations Cisco On May 1, 2015, Chuck Robbins was elected Chief Executive Officer by Cisco’s Board of Directors effective July 26, 2015.  He became a member of the Board effective May 1, 2015. In his previous role as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for Cisco, Chuck Robbins has led the company’s Worldwide Sales Organization…

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03/05/2015 No Comments

Telefónica Selects NetCracker BSS

Telefónica Selects NetCracker for Massive BSS Transformation Program Across 7 Countries. NetCracker Technology announced that it has been selected to transform Telefónica’s BSS platforms for wireless and fixed services at seven Latin American Telefónica properties. This large-scale, multi-phase BSS and customer experience transformation program encompasses replacing existing billing systems and implementing new product catalog, ordering and omni-channel CRM platforms. The NetCracker BSS solution will support all…

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02/05/2015 No Comments

Amdocs to acquire Comverse BSS assets

Amdocs Has Signed a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Comverse BSS Assets. Amdocs announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a substantial majority of Comverse's business support systems (BSS) business unit assets for approximately $272 million in cash, subject to customary closing conditions. The Boards of Directors of Comverse and Amdocs have approved the transaction which, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to…

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01/05/2015 No Comments

Kcell JSC selects Amdocs

Kazakhstan's Kcell JSC Selects Amdocs for Business Support Systems Transformation. Amdocs announced that Kcell JSC, a TeliaSonera affiliate and Kazakhstan's largest mobile operator, has selected Amdocs for a business support systems (BSS) transformation project to enhance and differentiate its customer experience while simplifying the complexity of its business environment. Under a five-year agreement that includes implementation, migration, testing and ongoing support, Amdocs will replace third-party, legacy…

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01/05/2015 No Comments

Transvision selects Amdocs

Indonesia's Transvision Selects Amdocs to Support Rapid Subscriber Growth. Amdocs billing and customer care solution will enable direct-to-home Pay TV provider to meet aggressive expansion plans and deliver innovative new services. Amdocs announced that Transvision, an Indonesian provider of direct-to-home Pay TV services and a new Amdocs customer, has selected Amdocs to provide a comprehensive customer care and billing solution in support of its expansion plans.…

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01/05/2015 No Comments

The death of fibre

"It turns out that all Netflix streaming peak on Saturday night can fit inside a single fiber optic, which is the size of one human hair." Reed Hastings. Whilst futurists talk about advances in wireless technology being the death of fibre, higher volumes of wireless traffic equals a larger number of fibre backhaul points... for the foreseeable future at least. As we go to microcells, nanocells,…

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01/05/2015 No Comments

Nobody knows what the hell they’re doing

"Research suggests that the so-called “impostor syndrome” may get worse as people get better: the more accomplished you get, the more likely you are to rub shoulders with ever more talented people, leaving you feeling even more inadequate by comparison. The genuinely untalented, meanwhile, probably have no idea that they’re no good—because they’re too untalented to realize it. (This is the “Dunning-Kruger effect,” inspired by the…

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30/04/2015 No Comments

Swisscom, NEC and NetCracker Celebrate

Swisscom, NEC and NetCracker Celebrate Successful Transformation of Operational Support Systems for Swisscom’s All IP Program. NEC Corporation and NetCracker Technology have announced that Swisscom AG has successfully completed building the ICT capabilities needed to migrate its major business lines, including fixed, mobile, TV and broadband, to the NetCracker Service Fulfillment solution as part of Swisscom’s ‘All IP Transformation’ program. This will enable Swisscom to utilize…

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29/04/2015 No Comments

Network SCAMS

"Networks will be fundamentally changed by a set of SCAMS, which in turn will force an evolution in future OSS: Social Media Cloud (and Virtualisation) Analytics (and Big Data) Mobility Sensors" This quote comes from an upcoming market report that I'm preparing for release soon as a follow-up to my book, Mastering your OSS. The report is designed to look more into the future of OSS rather than…

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29/04/2015 No Comments

The evolution of OSS

"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Leonardo da Vinci. Readers of this blog will notice how often I'm looking into the future of what OSS might look like into the future. Today I was pondering how evolved our current OSS actually are and what's…

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28/04/2015 No Comments

OSS flaws

"People are too eager to say "This legendary person had flaws!" instead of, "Wow, this flawed human being managed to do something legendary."" Mishell Baker. Interesting perspective from Mishell above, one which I concur with. As usual, I have a take on this in relation to OSS. I think we often spend so much time on making the little things perfect that we lose sight of…

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27/04/2015 No Comments

Forward scout

"So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year." Roy Clark. I see professional sports organisations as great entertainment but…

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24/04/2015 No Comments

Fear of the ripples

"As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead." Jeanne Moreau. Have you ever noticed how the applications within some large OSS suites are so tightly bound that their operators are petrified of the ripple effect - where they're not so worried about making a configuration change in one application but are…

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23/04/2015 No Comments

Lowest common denominator

"...the term Lowest Common Denominator means appealing to as many people at once as possible.  There are varying interpretations on what this implies. Taking an upbeat viewpoint, it might be admirable; making stories that most people can relate to" TVropes.com It has been said that television programming caters to the intellect of an 8 year old, in this case television's lowest common demoninator, to ensure that…

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22/04/2015 No Comments