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Telstra goes live with Ericsson Digital BSS Pre-paid customers of Australian communications service provider (CSP) Telstra are among the first globally to benefit from faster and more intuitive pre-paid digital subscription experiences enabled by the latest Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) Digital Business Support Systems (BSS) technology. The customer-centric initiative involved a complete front-end digital transformation with…
StarHub taps SunVizion for OSS digital transformation. StarHub, a leading Singapore company that delivers world-class communications, entertainment and digital solutions, has selected SunVizion to upgrade its service fulfilment platforms as part of the fully-integrated quad-play provider’s multi-year OSS digital transformation journey. By implementing Suntech’s SunVizion Network Inventory System, StarHub has gained the enhanced ability to…
The solutions will be built on Azure and leverage Telstra’s Data Hub. Microsoft and Telstra have announced an extension of their long-standing partnership, with plans to jointly build cloud-based solutions on Azure while leveraging the Telstra Data Hub. Specifically, this will see the pair leverage Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, artificial intelligence, and digital twin…
Washington emergency responders first to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet The Starlink satellite internet network that SpaceX is developing has been used in the field by Washington state emergency responders in recent weeks, the first early application of the company’s service to be disclosed. Washington’s state military, which includes its emergency response division, began employing Starlink…
ETSI Open Source MANO unveils Release SEVEN, enables more than 20,000 cloud-native applications for NFV environments! The ETSI Open Source MANO group is pleased to unveil its latest release, OSM Release SEVEN. This release brings cloud-native applications to NFV deployments, enabling OSM to on-board over 20,000 pre-existing production-ready Kubernetes applications, with no need of any…
ONAP Doubles-Down on Deployments, Drives Commercial Activity Across Open Source Networking Stack with ‘Dublin’ Release. ONAP’s fourth release, Dublin, brings an uptick in commercial activity – including new deployment plans from major operators (including Deutsche Telekom, KDDI, Swisscom, Telecom Italia, and Telstra) and ONAP-based products and solutions from more than a dozen leading vendors –…
On Monday evening in Nice, TM Forum announced the list of 12 Excellence Awards for 2019. They also anointed Distinguished Fellow and Distinguished Engineer status on two of the industry’s leading contributors. Huge congratulations to each of the following award winners: Business Transformation – Royal KPN, Vlocity and Salesforce IT Transformation – China Mobile &…
Acquisition of Sigma Systems. Hansen Technologies Limited announced the signing of definitive agreements for the acquisition of Sigma Systems (“Sigma”). The acquisition is expected to close on 31 May 2019. Key Points: Founded in 1996, Sigma is a leading global provider of catalog-driven software products for telecommunications, media, and high-tech companies. Its software is designed…
FCC AUTHORIZES SPACEX TO PROVIDE BROADBAND SERVICES VIA SATELLITE CONSTELLATION. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an application by Space Exploration Holdings, doing business as SpaceX, to provide broadband services using satellite technology in the United States and around the world. With this action, the Commission takes another step to increase high-speed broadband availability and…
Gartner’s OSS Magic Quadrant report for 2019 can be downloaded courtesy of Ericsson here.