Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Telecom Software weekly wrap-up where we gather top telecom software news stories for the week:
- U.S. Cellular is working with its billing company Amdocs to fix glitches that caused multiple inaccurate bills for customers and other errors.
- Actix rolled out its LTE Network Acceptance for Small Cells. The company promises operators an 80% reduction in the effort normally required to verify and accept small cell deployments.
- Agilent Technologies announced three new options and extended functionality for its M9703A AXIe eight-channel wideband digital receiver/digitizer. These new offerings are primarily directed at the communications and aerospace/defense industries.
- Skype is reportedly costing mobile operators $100 million per day in data traffic. Is it only a matter of time before this cost is passed to the consumer? Or will VoLTE help operators fight back with their own solutions?
- Wireless service assurance software company Exfo announced their Brix Mobile Agent,an application designed to provide real-time insight into customers’ quality of experience.
- GE has a new software platform targeting the “Internet of things.” GE has high hopes for the industrial Internet. Not only does GE think it will create more jobs, they also think it will make older industries more efficient and data-smart.
- Zain selected Ericsson to manage, plan and optimize their network in Bahrain for enhanced quality and stability.
- Genband announced a plan to get rid of TDM and move toward next-generation networks, helping realize savings in operating cost by using newer equipment.
- Service assurance and network management company Empirix will be acquired by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo LLC.
- More just for fun than serious news: This open source program allows you to visualize data from tables and spreadsheets in a matter of minutes. This has a lot of potential for analysts of all industries.
