Billing & Payments
The demand for ubiquitous connectivity has forced the mobile operator community to take drastic action. This is mainly around IT transformation in order to meet the ever-changing needs of its customers and their always-on expectations. Lightning-fast network capacity from future 5G networks will drive new opportunities for services, and operators must embrace these new revenue […]
Openet, supplier of real-time BSS (business support systems), today announced the global availability of its free of charge VNF Lifecycle Manager software. Openet’s NFV software, named Weaver, is now available to operators, system integrators and VNF/NFV vendors as a community edition. NFV will see the need to manage carrier grade production solutions across distributed systems at […]
Netcracker Technology has announced that Telefónica Germany has upgraded and extended its use of its Revenue Management solution. The new version of the solution and increased support will enable Telefónica Germany to simplify and accelerate its rating and billing processes for its B2B operations. With more than 48 million customer accesses, Telefónica Germany is one of […]
MATRIXX Software today announced that SMART Communications, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), has selected MATRIXX Software’s real-time Digital Commerce platform for its mobile business. Subsequently, PLDT has invested in MATRIXX through its investment arm, PLDT Capital. SMART Communications, the country’s largest mobile network, is deploying the MATRIXX platform to […]
In the same way that Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and AnyOther Pay slotted themselves in between the traditional card payments industry and the customer, Facebook’s Messenger might be about to go one better by utilising all of them. If the rumours are true, payments will be enabled through Messenger. Insiders have seen code in the […]
Considering what Amazon already sells to businesses, how come it doesn’t sell telecom? And does that represent an opportunity or a threat for Big Telecom? Beyond the sophistication of Amazon’s consumer operations, there’s an even more remarkable area of its business: selling distributed computing resource to businesses – Amazon Web Services. The story of AWS represents a complete inversion of the historical model of enterprise IT. Instead of […]
Would you buy something through social media? This may sound like a ‘would you send your bank account details to the sister of a Nigerian Princess who calls you dear’ in an email, but according to Euromonitor more and more of us would. They conducted some online research and found that 25 percent of respondents […]
I gave a talk on the blockchain and such like to the Scottish Financial Services Club. It was a lot of fun, and I got a couple of really excellent questions that made me think on my feet, something I greatly appreciate. I chose the example of the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street as a […]
CEO interview – DisruptiveViews (DV) saw that Cerillion was about to list on AIM, a specialist part of the London Stock Exchange, specifically for smaller companies looking for growth capital. We decided to ask CEO Louis Hall (LH) what was behind the move. DV: Louis, we heard that Cerillion is about to get an AIM listing, can you […]
Our company recently surveyed over a hundred CSPs to check out how they currently feel about the trend towards digital transformation. Many of the results gave us pause for thought – in particular, how exposed many operators feel by their lack of resources, and how ready many are to seek help on the road to digital […]
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