“A Mobile Virtual Network Operator (“MVNO”) is a company that offers mobile telephone services by reselling the mobile services of another carrier, usually with certain limitations, but at a lower cost. In the U.S., there are MVNOs that resell AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon services at a lower cost than you can obtain service directly from any of them. Although the MVNOs often offer services at a lower price, there are usually some differences between the services provided by an MVNO and the services provided by the major carriers.”
Andersons Law Firm website
MVNOs offer a potentially disruptive business model for the telcos, which could work for or against depending on how they utilise the opportunity.
Do you think the big carriers could even establish MVNOs in every country that allows it and offer free, or much lower-cost, roaming to their subscribers? I’m sure there are regulatory impediments, but this could be an attractive service offering for global travellers.
Does your B/OSS easily allow for the MVNO / third-party / wholesale model? Does it handle the interconnect, the customer service, the network service management with aplomb across jurisdictions, on-net and off-net?
With B/OSS being asked to cope with an increased amount of virtualisation in the network, does this now also logically extend to virtualisation of business models?
Standing out in a highly saturated and fragmented OSS market can be really difficult. We’re regularly involved in bake-offs where we see dozens of OSS
One of the things I love about my job is all the vendor demos I get to see. Product demos are one of the four
Have you read the book, “The 4-hour work week” by Tim Ferris? It was one of those relatively rare books that inspired a complete mindset
Over the years, we’ve been involved in many OSS procurement events and have seen a variety of different pricing models proposed by vendors. Being software,
Here at Passionate About OSS, we are exactly that – Passionate About OSS (Operational Support Systems). We’re also passionate about BSS, NMS, or any other names you call the tools that help to operationalise your network.
