CSP productivity rise and digital growth among goals for new BSS/OSS release

Cerillion has announced the general availability of Cerillion 8.1, the release of its enterprise business / operations support system (BSS/OSS) suite. This is a standards-based monetisation and customer engagement platform for

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Digital Transformation world event moves to october

TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, is postponing its flagship Digital Transformation World conference in Copenhagen until October 7-9th, 2020, due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.

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Avoiding public cloud? Telcos are running out of excuses

The need for telecoms operators to digitally transform isn’t just being stressed by outsiders. Telcos themselves are making a significant push toward becoming more nimble, digital businesses to improve subscriber

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SoftBank joins TM Forum as IT transformation imperative impacts telecom industry

TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, has announced that SoftBank Corp. has joined the organisation in order to benefit from TM Forum’s Collaboration program, Open APIs,

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China Telecom grabs a slice of the 5G action with digital services marketplace

Communications service providers (CSPs) the world over are striving to transform their businesses to ensure success in the digital world. They understand the need to evolve from being ‘dumb pipes’ simply

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Blockchain-based infrastructure-sharing could cut telcos’ 5G bills by billions

Estimates suggest that 5G will require up to five times as many base stations as 4G. Operating costs will also rise as each 5G base station is expected to consume three

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Time to rethink OSS/BSS transformation

For the last two decades, independent software vendors have been able to serve operators with operational support systems (OSS) that have continually improved processes. OSS vendors have managed to stay

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Telcos’ Open API use is outpacing vendor supply, TM Forum survey reveals

A new survey by the TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, confirms that both sides of the communications industry are making progress in using Open APIs. But it

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Becoming the tigers of tomorrow

Earlier this year during a CXO Summit at Digital Transformation World in Nice, we asked a room of telecoms C-levels which animal they would choose to describe the telecoms industry

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TM Forum fraud survey finds CSPs are underestimating 5G risks

The TM Forum recently released the 2019 edition of the TM Forum Fraud Survey, which set up to assess how fraud management (FM) practices are being implemented. Surveying 54 communications service

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