Digital transformation

11 June, 2019

Product not network is the experience CSPs are selling, says TCS CMI president

Enterprises no longer see the network in the same light as their air conditioning; something necessary but a cost to be minimised. Instead, the network is now seen as a critical enabler of their business with connectivity vital for new applications, processes, business models and, ultimately, their future success. Communications service providers (CSPs) are therefore targeting the enterprise market with IT services. VanillaPlus managing editor George Malim asks Kamal Bhadada, the president of Communications, Media and Information (CMI) services at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), whether CSPs can succeed here or whether enterprise IT will be the telecoms industry’s next big miss.

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10 June, 2019

Payments testing disrupted by FIME with industry’s first digital platform

FIME has reportedly adapted testing in line with the rapid digital transformation of the global payments industry. The new FIME Test Factory 4.0 platform enables payment actors to accelerate the launch of fully tested and certified solutions without compromising on risk. (more…)

07 June, 2019

Vodafone Idea partners CtrlS to enable enterprises and SMBs get ready for Digital Transformation

Vodafone Idea Business Services (VIBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone Idea Limited announced a strategic partnership with CtrlS, Asia’s Tier-4 Datacentre services provider. The collaboration is first-of-its-kind and will allow VIBS and CtrlS to bring together an enriched portfolio of innovative and differentiated products and services. (more…)

05 June, 2019

Delivery of digital infrastructure is the differentiator, says HGC chief digital officer

Jacqueline Teo is the chief digital officer of HGC Global Communications, the fixed line and ICT service provider that is extending from its roots serving the Hong Kong market to address international markets via its pan-Asian network capacity, including cable into China. Speaking at the TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World event in Nice, France, last month she tells George Malim how the company is innovating on all fronts to compete in the mature Hong Kong market, to develop further its newly acquired operations in Myanmar and to harness software defined network (SDN) technology to enable a more agile mode of operation.

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04 June, 2019

Sigma Systems and Engineering Do Brasil enable digital services for Brazilian service provider

Sigma Systems, a specialist in catalogue-driven software, has secured a deal to drive the next generation of digital services for one of the largest services providers in Brazil. (more…)

30 May, 2019

STL investment aims to enable deep planning to optimise global demand-supply

Sterlite Technologies Ltd (STL), a global provider of end-to-end data network solutions, has invested in an integrated system to radically shift global customer experiences by building robust planning and delivery processes. (more…)

30 May, 2019

Multi-vendor, multi-domain SDN mobile transport assured by MYSOM OSI in 5th Open Network Foundation PoC

MYCOM OSI, the independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the Communications Service Providers (CSPs), has launched a new solution for assuring mobile transport networks that utilise SDN across multiple domains and vendors. (more…)

30 May, 2019

Five ways CSPs can measure digital transformation success in plain sight

Digital Transformation has been a pervasive theme in the communications industry for the past several years but it has not yet translated into category leadership in key areas, says Ed Finegold, strategy director, Netcracker Technology. (more…)

30 May, 2019

Executives and IT must collaborate to define 5G business cases, says Deutsche Telekom’s Meijer

With 5G at the centre of mobile operators’ strategies, the challenge is to avoid another cycle of intense infrastructure investment which enables the business cases of other organisations. Instead, operators need to take up a new role that monetises the enablement they provide and places them in the connected ecosystem as more than the providers of connectivity.

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29 May, 2019

Etiya wins TM Forum excellence award for disruptive innovation

Etiya, the leading software vendor providing AI-driven Digital BSS, comprehensive telco CRM , AI solutions, as well as customer analytics to CSPs, today announced that it was selected as a winner in the TM Forum Excellence Awards 2019. Etiya received the “Disruptive Innovation Award” for its work with Fizz, a completely digital mobile and internet sub-brand that provides an online customer experience for do-it-yourself smart digital consumers.

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