SK Telecom expands TANGO AI

SK Telecom brings TANGO into the mobile networks for network evolution with AI. SK Telecom announced that the company has expanded the application of the ‘T Advanced Next Generation Operational Supporting System,’ also known as TANGO, to all telecommunications network of the company. TANGO is an AI-assisted network operation system with big data analytics and […]

Vodafone Germany expands with Netcracker

Vodafone Germany Expands Revenue Management and Billing Relationship With Netcracker to Improve Customer Experience. Netcracker Technology announced that Vodafone Germany, one of Germany’s largest telecommunications service providers, has expanded and extended its billing relationship with Netcracker to bring new cable subscribers onto its Revenue Management platform. Vodafone Germany, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc, manages […]

Netia chooses Comarch

Netia Chooses Comarch OSS for Network Management. Netia, one of the largest telecom operators in Poland, chose Comarch Fault Management – a central network monitoring system. The implemented system allows telecoms companies to detect network issues and service incidents promptly, enabling an immediate response. Additionally, the system significantly reduces the risk of network failures, improving […]

Smart (Philippines) deploys Amdocs

Smart Embraces Intelligence to Deliver a New Level of Service Personalization to Millions of Filipinos. Amdocs announced that Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) has deployed an Amdocs solution enabling personalized and contextualized customer engagement. Smart is one of the largest wireless service providers in the Philippines and has deployed the Amdocs solution to support its entire […]

Nuage Networks wins project in China

Nuage Networks wins first SDN-based, large enterprise project in China. Nuage Networks, the Nokia venture focused on software-defined networking (SDN) solutions, today announced a significant addition to its roster of global financial customers with its first SDN-based, large enterprise project win in China with China Pacific Insurance Company (CPIC), the country’s second-largest property insurance company. […]

Openet’s policy solution wins with Iridium

Openet’s policy solution has now been implemented by three satellite operators. Openet announced that Iridium Communications has implemented its Policy Manager solution. The solution, Openet’s third deployment with a satellite operator, will allow Iridium to drive revenue by imposing real-time controls on data consumption and time usage across its 66 low-Earth orbiting (LEO) cross-linked satellites. […]

Nokia zero CAPEX analytics

Nokia unlocks value from telco data through new Analytics Services, expanded application of augmented intelligence. Nokia expands its Analytics Services offering to unlock value from telco data, enabling improved network issue resolution and fewer dropped calls for operators. Powered by the Nokia AVA cognitive services platform, the expanding Analytics Services offering takes advantage of billions […]

Nokia contributes on SD Fixed Access Networks

Nokia first to contribute open source software to accelerate adoption of software-defined fixed access networks. Nokia is playing a leading role in the Broadband Forum’s effort to spark fixed access network innovation by spearheading the new Broadband Access Abstraction (BAA) project. The initiative, led by Nokia, seeks to drive the adoption of software-defined access networks […]

Midco expands with Netcracker

Midco Expands Billing Relationship With Netcracker to Leverage Advanced B2B Billing Capabilities. Netcracker Technology announced that Midcontinent Communications (Midco) has expanded and extended its billing relationship to enable more complex billing scenarios for its business customers. Midco will leverage Netcracker’s next-generation Revenue Management solution to enhance its ability to offer dynamic pricing options while reducing […]

RCN and Grande Communications select Netcracker

RCN and Grande Communications Select Netcracker’s Revenue Management Solution to Optimize B2B and B2C Customer Experience. Netcracker Technology announced that digital TV, phone and internet service provider RCN has selected Netcracker’s Revenue Management solution to improve efficiencies at both RCN and Grande Communications. RCN and Grande will use Netcracker’s platform for standardizing all billing-related processes […]

Bechtle selects Netcracker

Bechtle Selects Netcracker’s Digital Platform for New Cloud-Based Portal and Enterprise Applications. Netcracker Technology announced that Bechtle AG is leveraging Netcracker’s comprehensive BSS solutions to support its new cloud-based portal and marketplace, which will host a range of digital enterprise applications for its business customers across Europe. The use of Netcracker’s solutions allows Bechtle to […]

Cloudera enables Globe Telecom Machine Learning

Cloudera Enables Globe Telecom to Manage Mobile Data Growth and Boost Customer Experience with Machine Learning. Cloudera, Inc. announced that Globe Telecom has used the Cloudera platform to successfully enhance customer experience and deliver real-time targeted marketing campaigns and offers to its 60 million customers. Globe Telecom, a leading provider of telecommunication services in the […]

CSG teams with Arrow Electronics on IoT

CSG Teams with Arrow Electronics to Monetize the Internet of Things. CSG Systems International announced a new agreement with Arrow Electronics to enable quick launch and monetization of solutions across the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT includes a network of internet-connected objects such as smart home devices, wearables and vehicles that collect and exchange […]

Altice and Amdocs partner

Altice USA and amdocs enter into multi-year partnership to establish industry-leading Business and Operational Support Systems. Altice USA, one of the largest broadband communications and video service operators in the U.S. and the provider of Optimum and Suddenlink-branded internet, TV and phone services, and Amdocs announced that they have extended their partnership and entered into […]

Redknee raises Cdn$96 Million

Redknee Solutions Inc. Raises Cdn$96 Million. Redknee Solutions Inc. announced that it has closed its previously announced rights offering to holders of its subordinate voting shares (the “Rights Offering”). Under the Rights Offering, an aggregate of 108,519,936 subordinate voting shares were issued at a subscription price of Cdn$0.63 per share for gross proceeds to the […]

Rostelecom demonstrates first multivendor transport SDN PoC

Rostelecom Demonstrates On-Demand Transport Services With the First Multivendor Transport SDN PoC in Russia. Rostelecom PJSC announced that is has successfully completed the first proof of concept (PoC) compatibility test for transport software-defined networking (SDN) in Russia. Optical networking equipment from Huawei, NEC and Netcracker and Nokia was included in the PoC, as well as […]

VMware scores ‘Huge Win’ with Vodafone for NFV

“VMware Scores ‘Huge Win’ with Vodafone for NFV” according to SDxCentral.com. VMware scored a “huge win” with Vodafone as a new network functions virtualization (NFV) customer, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said yesterday. “We have seen a strong start to Q3; we just signed our largest-ever telco deal with Vodafone,” Gelsinger said on VMware’s second quarter […]

Cisco to acquire Springpath

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Springpath. Cisco announced its intent to acquire Springpath, Inc, a Sunnyvale-based leader in hyperconvergence software. This acquisition [reportedly for $320M] will allow Cisco to continue to deliver next-generation data center innovation to its customers. Springpath has developed a distributed file system purpose-built for hyperconvergence that enables server-based storage systems. The […]

CSG extends with DISH

CSG Extends Long-Term Relationship with DISH. CSG Systems International announced that it will extend its agreement with Pay-TV company, DISH, through December 31, 2021. Under a four-year extended agreement, CSG will continue to provide revenue management and customer care support for DISH’s residential video subscribers. “As a trusted partner, CSG has helped DISH evolve our […]

Netcracker to offer multivendor 5G-ready platform

NEC Corporation of Malaysia/Netcracker Collaborates With Red Hat, Juniper Networks and Dell EMC to Offer End-to-End Multivendor 5G-Ready Platform for Service Providers and Enterprises. NEC Corporation of Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and Netcracker Technology announced their collaboration with technology giants Red Hat, Juniper Networks and Dell EMC to offer an end-to-end multivendor 5G-ready virtualization platform for […]