Two major customer management services will join forces as Convergys Corp. (CVG) acquires Stream Global Services Inc. for $820 million, creating the second-largest such company in the world, after Amdocs. Convergys clients include AT&T and Comcast and Stream's customers include Microsoft and Salesforce.
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Devices: What's Inside? Smartphone manufacturers are steadily increasing device capabilities with new components, more powerful chipsets, and more software. RCR Wireless takes a look at what's inside high-end handsets and at the increasingly complex process of integrating components and software from various suppliers in...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. We hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve and Day. Due to the holiday things have been a little slow in the world of telecom software, so this...
While software-defined networking is not a new concept, in its current form it has gained significant momentum in 2013 to the point of becoming a frequent part of IT conversations everywhere.
Before we turn the page on 2013, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these in order...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. The amount of news has slowed some due to the Christmas holiday, but that hasn't stopped Oracle from announcing a new acquisition and the results of a recent CEM survey. Google...
Before we turn the page on 2013, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these in order...
As 2014 approaches, conversations around “4G” almost seem antiquated. That’s not to say 4G is old news, but the buzz and excitement around the promise of 4G isn’t as prominent as years past.
Oracle is paying $1.5 billion for online and mobile marketing specialist Responsys, marking the software giant's third acquisition this quarter. The software giant described Responsys as "the leading provider of enterprise-scale, cloud-based marketing software."
Other Oracle purchases this quarter include BigMachines, a cloud-based sales...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. There's no real common thread in the week's news, but there's definitely a sense of gearing up for 2014 with new acquisitions, new software deployments and new partnerships.
Redknee landed an impressive $10...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. With winter in the air and the year winding down, it seems like everybody's either wrapping up unfinished business for 2013 or building out new opportunities to start 2014 with a...
Spirent Communications' 8100 Mobile Device Test System has been chosen by test lab SGS to expand its Voice over LTE/IMS and TDD-LTE testing.
“We view the goal to successfully rollout LTE as setting a new bar for us in supporting the wireless network operators and...
Join Qualcomm, Oracle and Gemalto to discuss the direction of Java for connected devices.
Connected intelligent machines are a rapidly growing technology that embeds logic in devices (controllers and operational systems) in order to harness machine data and drive value for businesses. We are now...
Verizon Enterprise Solutions is using F5 Networks' solutions for network traffic and security management in its new Verizon Cloud.
F5's Big-IP product suite has been embedded in Verizon Cloud Compute, the company's new infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform, which is currently accepting beta customers. Big-IP Global Traffic...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. Due to the shortened holiday week last week, this week's collection of stories includes information from both last week and this week, so if you were busy with turkey and family...
Customer Experience Management - Keeping Customers Happy & Connected: Telecom software is increasingly being used by mobile operators to manage the customer experience. The need for more advanced platforms has been caused by the growing use of various networks and technologies to handle the...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. While last week seemed to be spent on reflection and awards, this week sees an embrace of the new: Oracle, CenturyLink and Teoco's acquisitions, CVidya and Ruckus' new software and new...
LTE control signalling vendor Diametriq announced today that its Diameter Interworking System now supports the ability for prepaid subscribers to roam between 3G and LTE networks.
The addition of a newly developed CAMEL/WIN spec that translates to diameter in LTE networks is being touted by...
Verizon Wireless taps Altair Semiconductor: Verizon Wireless' first carrier-branded tablet will use an LTE-only modem from Altair to connect to the carrier's network. Altair's FourGee-3100/6202 chipset is a single-mode LTE chipset, meaning that Verizon Wireless' Ellipsis 7 tablet will only connect to the carrier's...
Alcatel-Lucent scored a win with the announcement that China Mobile has selected its Evolved Packet Core portfolio to support its roll-out of LTE.
China Mobile awarded more than $3 billion in LTE contracts a few months ago, out of a total expected spend of more...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. Winter chill is in the air and that means it's the end of the year and a time for reflection on the past year, which usually means giving out awards. NetCracker,...
A study by SAP AG found that the use of Internet package exchange inter-networking is growing among mobile operators.
The study, sponsored by SAP and produced in conjunction with TelecomAsia, included more than 170 respondents across the globe and various aspects of telecom, including wireless...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. After last week's focus on looking back, this week seems to be all about the new: new high-profile lawsuit; new version of Android with new security and headaches for Verizon Wireless;...
Wireless backhaul provider Ceragon Networks unveiled a new platform for high-capacity backhaul designed to serve heterogeneous networks while integrating software-defined networking readiness.
The IP-20 "supports any radio transmission mix, any network topology and any configuration," according to Ceragon, from small cells to macro cells and...
