 John Aalbers ,Volubill |
 Martin Creaner,TM Forum |
 Dan Baker, Technology Research Institute |
 Chris Yeadon, LHS |
 Louis Hall, Cerillion Technologies |
 Barbara Lancaster, LTC International |
 Gaby Matsliach, BSS Product Line, Comverse |
 John Rainger, VP EMEA, CSG International |
 Simon Muderack, Tribold |
 Pat McCarthy, Telcordia |
 Andreas Freund , Orga Systems GmbH |
 Mac Taylor, The Moriana Group |
 Doug Zone, MetraTech |
 Olivier Suard, marketing director, Comptel |
2011 revenues dip but Comptel starts 2012 with a bounce
Comptel Group’s net sales in 2011 were EUR 76.8 million, down from EUR 77.9 million in 2010. But the group has started 2012 with the announcement that it is acquiring Xtract Oy, a Finnish software company specialising in advanced analytics, for EUR 3.1 million.
Orga Systems posts strong growth figures for 2011
Orga Systems' 2011 annual turnover has grown 30% over the past two years, while the volume of year-end backlog orders for 2012 has almost tripled compared to that for 2010.
Solera Networks raises $20m in Series D funding led by Intel Capital
Intel Capital joins Allegis Capital, Signal Peak Ventures and Trident Capital to accelerate company growth
Life in 20Teens – There’ll be an app for that
It’s hardly news that the smartphone is set to become the remote controller for pretty much everything in our day to day lives... From mBanking to choosing a TV channel, it’ll turn on the lights in our home with just an app-tap; unlock and warm up our cars before we get into them and get the satnav ready to direct us to our destinations.
Talend launches platform for integration across data, apps and services
Talend has launched the Talend Platform for Data Services to make it easier for organisations to "operationalise" core data between multiple applications and synchronise data across enterprise boundaries.
OpenCloud launches Rhino Sentinel to help operators boost service innovation
Rhino Sentinel is designed to enable CSPs to take the initiative in the competitive, dynamic communications market and support operator goals
VOSS secures new funding from Vodafone Ventures and launches User Deployment Service
VOSS Solutions, a cloud fulfillment technology provider, has closed a new funding round with Vodafone Ventures, and today launched a User Deployment Service to automate the set up of users.
Thai mobile operator Real Move selects Comptel's Dynamic OSS for 3G services
A new subsidiary of True Corporation, Thai mobile operator Real Move has selected Comptel Fulfillment from Helsinki, Finland-based Comptel Corporation to meet its provisioning and activation needs.
Just 1% of all users now consume half of all downlink data, Arieso study shows
Study reveals explosive growth in mobile data demand. iPhone 4S users are the 'hungriest' data consumers, demanding twice as much data as iPhone 4 users and three times as much as iPhone 3G users
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