Category: News

Yay! 100+ countries

Yay! I just did a check on my analytics page and noticed that people from more than 100 countries have now visited PassionateAboutOSS.com. Thanks one and all!

Cisco to acquire Tail-f

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Tail-f — Acquisition Advances Cisco’s Cloud Virtualization Portfolio with Industry-Leading Network Service Orchestration Technology. Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately held Tail-f Systems, a leader in multi-vendor network service orchestration solutions for traditional and virtualized networks. Tail-f’s products help service providers and enterprise IT organizations easily and cost-effectively implement […]

Sri Lanka Telecom upgrades to NetCracker

Sri Lanka Telecom Upgrades to NetCracker’s Digital Business Platform. NetCracker Technology announced that Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has chosen to upgrade its existing NetCracker billing and mediation environment to NetCracker’s next-generation billing, rating and active mediation solutions. Sri Lanka Telecom is Sri Lanka’s national ICT solutions provider and leading broadband and backbone infrastructure service provider. […]

Sprint chooses ItsOn

Sprint to Use ItsOn Smart Services Platform. ItsOn Inc. announced that Sprint will use the ItsOn Smart Services Platform to enhance Sprint’s mobile network capabilities and enable new types of mobile services. The multi-year agreement provides Sprint with the ability to design and implement granular service policy control for various data, text and voice services […]

Telefónica Selects Amdocs in Chile and Peru

Telefónica Selects Amdocs Products and Services for Quad-Play Transformation in Chile and Peru. Amdocs announced that Telefónica, one of the world’s leading service providers with more than 313 million customers across Latin America and Europe, has selected Amdocs for transformation projects in Chile and Peru. By modernizing and standardizing Telefónica’s business support systems (BSS) on […]

Zain Kuwait Selects IBM

Zain Kuwait Selects IBM Social Software to Enhance Customer Digital Experience. IBM announced that Zain, the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in Kuwait, has chosen IBM’s social software to deliver deeper, more personalized experiences for its 2.5 million customers in the country. The IBM solution brings together Zain’s digital, mobile and social platforms to offer customers […]

Huawei separates OSS from Managed Services

Huawei Launches OSS Solution independently from Managed Services. Huawei announced that its Operations Support System (OSS) solution is commercially available to all service providers. As the OSS was previously only available as part of Huawei’s Managed Services, the extended availability of the solution further strengthens Huawei’s service portfolio and the company’s position as a global […]

NetCracker transforms Turk Telecom BSS

NetCracker Next-Generation Revenue Management Solution Rapidly Transforms BSS for Turk Telecom. NetCracker Technology announced that Turk Telecom has completed a major BSS transformation in just seven months utilizing NetCracker’s next-generation Revenue Management solution as its strategic platform for service enablement and systems consolidation. Turk Telecom is Turkey’s leading communications provider. This BSS transformation, supporting Turk […]

Comptel integrates with Smallworld

Comptel Integrates GE’s Inventory Software Solutions to Streamline Telecom Service Fulfilment. Comptel Corporation and GE announced that they have joined forces to help communications service providers (CSPs) federate access to the large amount of data split across physical and logical inventory systems. By enabling service orchestration to reach beyond logical inventory, operators can ensure reliable, […]

MTN Selects CSG International

MTN Selects CSG for Comprehensive Managed Services Program. CSG International announced that MTN, one of the largest communication service providers in the world, has selected CSG for a long-term managed services engagement that will enable MTN South Africa to simplify and streamline its operations and focus its resources on core business lines. Under the terms […]

Maxcom Selects NetCracker

Maxcom Selects NetCracker to Transform OSS for Quad-Play Services. NetCracker Technology announced that Maxcom, an integrated, quad-play communications service provider serving key metropolitan markets in Mexico, has selected NetCracker to deliver a large-scale OSS transformation that will radically improve its order-to-cash process and network design, build and optimization capabilities. Maxcom provides voice, high-speed Internet, mobile […]

More news on Clarity

Subsequent to our recent posts regarding Clarity OSS Ltd, further announcements have been published to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), as can be found here: ASX:Code=CYO. In brief, Clarity has reached an agreement to sell off 80% of subsidiary Clarity Malaysia and has agreed to terms with a secured creditor, to be paid by 31 May 2014. Clarity […]

The book is now available! Mastering your OSS

My OSS book, entitled “Mastering your OSS” is finally available to the market. Click on the image below to take a closer look. For the next two weeks only, I’m offering an extra US$10 off the purchase price to readers of this blog. Just send me an email or a note via the Contact Page […]

Clarity extends suspension on ASX

Clarity announces extension of suspension from the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Clarity OSS Limited announced that it has extended the suspension of its shares until 5:00PM on Wed 21 May, 2014 (“Extension Period”). At Clarity’s request, on 14 May 2014, shares in Clarity were suspended until 5:00PM on 19 May 2014 when it was anticipated […]

Cincinnati Bell and NetCracker Extend

Cincinnati Bell and NetCracker Extend Managed Service, Data Center Hosting, and Application Development Agreement Through 2020. NetCracker Technology announced that Cincinnati Bell will extend its professional service and data center hosting agreement with NetCracker through the year 2020 in order to ensure a steady cost structure for key processing, support functions and applications development for […]

SDN outliers

“What’s caused the biggest evolution in SDN is the realization that very few organizations really have the desire, skills and incentives to write a new class of applications to a published API to program the network. These users are outlying use cases compared to the vast majority of organizations just looking to automate IT tasks, […]

Exciting news

“I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you […]

Vivacom Selects NetCracker

Vivacom Selects NetCracker’s Real-time Transaction Platform to Monetize Quad-Play Services. NetCracker Technology announced that Vivacom, Bulgaria’s leading quad-play service provider, has agreed to upgrade to its real-time, converged BSS platform , including a five-year extension and professional services agreement. As a result of this upgrade, Vivacom will enable real-time transaction capabilities for its mobile, fixed-line, […]

NetworkMining announces product release

NetworkMining announces the latest version of its network assurance application. NetworkMining, an independent supplier of IP & optical network mediation software, announced the latest version of its network assurance application. This application introduced two new features: shared risk groups (“SRG”) and support of multi-NMS operations. NetworkMining’s network assurance software is based on its network mediation […]

Amdocs signs four new deals

Normally I provide an update per deal, but on 30 April Amdocs signed four so I’m bundling here. Every OSS deal is hard-won, so four on one day is a significant achievement! 1. Taiwan’s FET Selects Amdocs for Charging and Billing Modernization Project to Provide Enhanced LTE Experience. Amdocs announced that FET (FarEasTone Telecommunications), a […]