BROWSING: OSS

NetCracker scores OSS expansion with Maxcom

OSS expansion deal bolsters Mexican service providers reconciliation, workforce management Mexican quad-play communications provider Maxcom signed a deal with NEC and its NetCracker subsidiary to bolster its current NetCracker supplied operating support systems platform in a move to “improve business agility, infrastructure deployment,” and inventory...

Oracle updates OSS platform to handle NFV deployment challenges

Oracle OSS update looks to tackle challenge of operating NFV across virtual, physical networks Oracle Communications updated its operational support systems suite in a move to help communication service providers better handle the ongoing move toward virtualized platforms using network functions virtualization. The update is said...

Telefónica overhauls OSS with VPIsystems software

Goal is to use network analytics to improve planning, efficiency and quality assurance Major global communications service provider Telefónica is overhauling its operations support system using software solutions provided by VPIsystems. Telefónica, which has some 340 million customers around the world, tapped VPIsystems to provide predictive...

Reader Forum: Is a lack of digital maturity bleeding you dry?

Who would have dreamt that within two years the demand from communication service providers for digital capabilities would rank alongside those of IT, research and development and innovation in one of Gartner’s surveys – Increasing Investment Areas, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Rankings: A Shift...

Video: TM Forum Live editorial recap, day 3

NICE, France – RCR Wireless News editorial team members provide a video recap of news coming out of the TM Forum Live telecom software exhibition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGI0wGMpgp8&feature=youtu.be TM Forum is an industry trade association that brings together communications service providers and vendors to discuss the latest in...

Video: TM Forum Live editorial recap, day 2

NICE, France – RCR Wireless News editorial team members provide a video recap of news coming out of the TM Forum Live telecom software exhibition. https://youtu.be/kbWNWDvbnCQ TM Forum is an industry trade association that brings together communications service providers and vendors to discuss the latest in...

Ericsson CTO details ‘collision’ of telco and IT

Networks need to transform to meet industry expectations presented by cloud computing NICE, France – Cloud computing is transforming industries and now it’s incumbent on the telecom sector to transform networks to keep pace with expectations, Ericsson SVP and CTO Ulf Ewaldsson said during TM...

Video: TM Forum Live editorial recap

NICE, France – RCR Wireless News editorial team members provide a video recap of news coming out of the TM Forum Live telecom exhibition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPK9jJKilmQ&feature=youtu.be TM Forum is an industry trade association that brings together communications service providers and vendors to discuss the latest in BSS/OSS,...

Is calling customer service a thing of the past?

NFV’s ambition of zero touch could sound death knell for the customer call center NICE, France – Business travelers know that activating international voice, text and data can be a frustrating – and expensive – process marked by protracted interactions with customer service reps. But it doesn’t...

LatAm: América Móvil consolidates OSS; Opera video interview

América Móvil has selected NEC and NetCracker Technology as providers for a consolidated, end-to-end OSS solution for its Latin American operations, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The goal of the project, which will replace legacy inventory systems, is to standardize...

EMEA: Amdocs and Mtel partner to speed time to market

Amdocs today announced that Mtel, the largest network operator in Bulgaria, has deployed the Amdocs master enterprise catalog. The outcome of this deployment is a reduction in internal IT complexity associated with new product rollouts resulting in a reduced time to market of more...