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31 October, 2017
WeDo Technologies, a provider in revenue assurance and fraud management, is pleased to announce that TPx Communications, a US-based provider of unified communications, managed IT and network connectivity, has selected its RAID Fraud Management Solution (FMS) to protect its expanding network and its customers from fraud. (more…)
26 October, 2017
CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited, announced that after CITIC Telecom CPC completed its acquisition of Linx Telecommunication, the merged company is named CITIC Telecom CPC Europe. (more…)
25 October, 2017
MYCOM OSI, the provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the Communications Service Providers (CSPs), announced that Three UK has selected MYCOM OSI to assure its next generation core network which deploys NFV (Network Functions Virtualisation), SDN (Software Defined Networks) and will be part of the world’s first Telco Cloud. (more…)
24 October, 2017
P3, an international consulting, engineering and testing services company, has named EE the mobile provider following tests measuring the quality of network performance in the UK. (more…)
24 October, 2017
CASE STUDY: The Bahamian mobile market has evolved over the years, but one thing remained missing for consumers – choice. However, in 2014 the Bahamian government sought to liberalise the country’s mobile communications sector to allow for new entrants to create greater competition. (more…)
23 October, 2017
In the last blog, Keith Brody introduced the concept of OSS Mediation. Now, let’s move from theory to practice and start examining the technology in action by looking closely at Use Cases. (more…)
19 October, 2017
Vanilla Plus and Frost & Sullivan together have undertaken a survey in various OSS and BSS fields. As we saw in the Part 1 of the article, below are a set of questions and answers and also responses that are received for each one of it, along with a graphical representation. Today is the continuation of the remaining questions and answered.
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. They will support platforms | 59.15% | 42 |
| b. They will be the platform | 40.85% | 29 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
2. Hybrid virtual / physical networks are the order of the day for now. When will virtual networks (working combination of NFV, SDN, and Cloud) become the majority provider of services?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. 1 year | 9.86% | 7 |
| b. 3 years | 33.80% | 24 |
| c. 5 years | 47.89% | 34 |
| d. 7 years | 2.82% | 2 |
| e. 10+ years | 5.63% | 4 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
3. What becomes of the decades-long effort to reduce the need for Systems Integration Professional Services?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. It no longer applies, because virtual / physical network management is difficult and the pathway for enabling a hybrid architecture is uncertain, therefore the need for Services is accelerating | 11.27% | 8 |
| b. The need for Services will increase slightly in order to facilitate the compatibility of legacy and next-generation software solutions | 45.07% | 32 |
| c. Nothing has changed; services have always been part of any software implementation | 30.99% | 22 |
| d. Automating processes will reduce the need for Services | 12.68% | 9 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
4. Where is the most immediate network-based need for automation?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. Proactive parameter changes in the Radio Access Network | 11.27% | 8 |
| b. Self-healing core network | 15.49% | 11 |
| c. Self-healing broadband access network | 8.45% | 6 |
| d. Enterprise customer portal for self-provisioning & activation | 21.13% | 15 |
| e. Enterprise portal for Service Assurance and Service Level Agreement Enforcement | 2.82% | 2 |
| f. Fulfilling consumer services | 16.90% | 12 |
| g. Reconfiguring and activating/deactivation virtual network functions | 19.72% | 14 |
| h. Partner revenue management and compensation | 4.23% | 3 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
5. What is the most immediate business management need for automation?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. Customer self-care | 35.21% | 25 |
| b. Monetisation of hybrid network services | 15.49% | 11 |
| c. Accounting for virtual network licences | 4.23% | 3 |
| d. Increasing pricing flexibility to address changing market demands | 12.68% | 9 |
| e. Enabling and accounting for partner interactions | 4.23% | 3 |
| f. Product and service catalogue that supports partners and virtual network functions | 25.35% | 18 |
| g. Posting of customer service usage compared with commitment | 2.82% | 2 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
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18 October, 2017
New global research from CommScope underscores why Generation Z is the most technology intimate and connection dependent in history, with unique viewpoints and expectations for the devices, technologies and people they depend on for their always-on lifestyle. (more…)
17 October, 2017
TEOCO, a provider of analytics, assurance and optimisation solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) and OEMs worldwide, has been appointed by Turk Telekom to deliver comprehensive network service assurance services. (more…)
13 October, 2017
Huawei recently announced that its 5G bearer oriented 50GE FlexE-based slicing router has successfully passed the stringent testing of the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) — internationally recognised as one of the independent test centres for telecommunication technologies, (more…)
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