We’re now a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Just 25 years ago, we feared the Year 2000 (Y2K) (or Millennium) bug would cause major computer glitches and bring everything down. Just 10 years ago — when we turned the calendar to...
As 5G Standalone ramps, monetization hinges on marrying customer experience with network insights
While digital transformation has been a buzzword in many different industries for some time, the rubber is meeting the road, so to speak, in the world of telecoms. The pressing need to...
Data doesn’t just support decisions; it drives them. For mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), access to data is the one key differentiator upon which all other differentiators depend.
MVNOs are typically faster and more agile than their traditional MNO counterparts, “renting” network access and avoiding...
BSS/OSS modernization is essential to effectively monetize open APIs and network slicing, and sets the stage for the continued evolution of 5G
Operators are constantly in the process of modernizing something--transitioning to 5G Standalone and cloud core, the radio access network (RAN), transport networks, cloudifying...
Using a gen AI overlay for legacy BSS allows operators to unlock value from data without a holistic upgrade
Last month at the TM Forum’s DTW—Ignite event in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dell Technologies, SK Telecom, Matrixx and Compax showcased a “Moonshot Catalyst” project that lets operators...
I still remember when TM Forum Live! was hosted in Nice down on the French Riviera, and it was very much a business support system (BSS) show. The scope of conversations has expanded, and in 2022 the show relaunched in Copenhagen, Denmark, and re-branded...
The vast majority of CSPs have digitally transformed the systems and automated many of the processes to support their B2C customers. Many are now turning their attention to transforming the systems that they use to support their B2B customers.
Here is where they find many...
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) are pretty hot right now. The market is calculated to be worth $81.42 billion in 2024 and is anticipated to more than double to $167.7 billion in the next decade. Triggered by rising consumer expectations for digital services tailored...
UK telecoms operator BT Group is upgrading its application server as a new service creation platform to develop and monetize new services for consumers and enterprises. The company is working with Canadian business support system (BSS) provider Optiva on the project, and expects to...
The 5G revolution has sparked a race among communication service providers (CSPs) to maximize return on their significant investments.
To date, the focus has largely been on developing new 5G services and adapting their underlying business support systems (BSS) to support these offerings. However, the...
Many hands make light work. It is an old saying that takes on significant new meaning for mobile operators looking for new markets to recoup their multi-billion-dollar investments in infrastructure and 5G spectrum.
That will not be easy. In its first two years of commercial...
As a company, three years ago, we decided to head toward the public cloud — and do so in a very public and aggressive way. It was seen as an interesting move, perhaps too far ahead of its time, but an idea worth keeping...
'There is an important confluence of IT data and OT data that is going to drive the SLAs and services provided by CSPs,' says Volt Active Data exec
According to Dheeraj Remella, the chief product officer at Volt Active Data, 5G stands out from...
An operator’s marketing team wants to launch a new offer. They also want to grow the subscriber base and develop a new referral scheme to attract new subscribers. The customer care team are under pressure to increase net promotor score and have developed a...
This article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights report on Industrial 5G SLAs. The full article, including additional sections, along with the rest of the report – with commentary from the likes of Accenture, Appledore Research, EXFO, Nokia, Lufthansa Industry Solutions, and...
5G moves the world into an ever more connected state. Organizations that adapt to this movement will survive - and even become leaders in their industries - while the laggards will wither away. The three keys to unlock the doors towards this adaptation are:
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With Wi-Fi 6, the frustration of a slow connection in busy areas might be a thing of the past
802.11ac, or Wi-Fi 5 was released in 2014, and at the time, was the newest, fasted, and most reliable version of Wi-Fi. However, 802.11ax, or Wi-Fi 6, is...
5G is coming and bringing with it an explosion of data. In fact, experts anticipate that mobile networks will be handling more than 77 exabytes of data per month by 2022. That represents an astonishing growth rate of nearly 50 percent per year. But...
The increasing virtualization of telecom networks offers the promise of faster launches of new services. But are back-end business and operational systems ready to support the flexibility and rapid services launches that SDN/NFV is supposed to provide?
Now that operators are past their first steps toward...
TM Forum announces Open Digital Architecture (ODA) program
TM Forum, a nonprofit industry association for service providers and their suppliers in the telecom industry, premiered its ODA program today. The purpose of the program, according to TM Forum, is to replace traditional operational and business...
Boosted by early adoption from carriers such as AT&T, Telefónica and China Mobile, communications service providers (CSPs) are beginning to ramp up their investments in NFV/SDN initiatives. The market has seen its fair share of ups and downs, but now seems to be moving...
The 5G ecosystem will require greater collaboration between providers and users and more flexibility on billing options.
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Operators looking to unlock the true potential of SDN and NFV need to focus on OSS and BSS integration.
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What role are digital OSS platforms set to play for telecommunication providers as they move down the road of software-based virtualization deployments?
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